DENALI

July 28 through 31, 2016

DENALI STATE PARK

Judy and Mike Dennis, old friends from Ed’s high school days, are campground hosts at Byers Lake Campground in Denali State Park.  We spent a wonderful few days visiting with them, even though the weather is starting to turn wet and cooler.  A couple times it cleared up, so Judy and Jill got in a nice 5 mile hike, and we spent several evenings around the campfire.  We’ve been dreaming about camphosting, and Judy and Mike gave us a lot of pointers. 

War memorial honoring the Alaskan Eskimo coast watchers.

Homestead cabin 

Luxury living

War Memorial honoring all branches of service

 Historic Buildings in Talkeetna, above is the hotel used by climbers, on their way to scale Denali.  Right is the general store they used to buy provisions, it is mostly in the same condition.

 Sunset views.

I think this was our best view of Denali, on the right.  The rest of the time it was hidden by clouds.
It is much farther away than the other mountains, so even tho it is 20,000 ft, it doesn't look much bigger than
the others.  They say it is very impressive when you can see it from the Visitor Center, however, only about
30% of the visitors here get to see it.