Denali

Our trip to Denali was a huge success. We saw all of the big five (bear, moose, wolf, caribou, dall sheep) and had some great hikes. The weather held out and the mountain stayed visible for the entire day that we took the bus ride.  We also got to test out our new tent in a rainstorm (luckily only 1) and it passed with flying colors.  Having temps in the 50's and 60's was perfect for hiking.  If you've never tried peanut butter cup s'mores, go to the store and get some peanut butter cups, giant marshmallows and graham crackers....how did I not know of these earlier. What a great way to spend our first week "fun-employed"!










Highlights:

1. Seeing Denali (aka Mt McKinley) unobstructed by clouds
 

2. Have a moose and her two calves walk into our campsite

3. Eating giant marshmallow peanut butter cup s'mores

4. Becoming Denali Junior Rangers

5. Hiking with no trail

6. Watching an entire pack of wolves run (I promise if you look really hard they are there)  Not bad for a point and shoot camera.

7. Summiting Mt Healy

8. The awesome, never ending mountains

9. Adam seeing a bear cross the river (I was busy packing up all his stuff, go figure)

10. Moving our tent the last night to insure the "flooding rains" predicted by the camp host didn't show up