Sleeping in Riley Creek Campground in Denali was a serene experience to say the least. We have come to the realization that rv-ing is really about spending as much time in natural surroundings as possible.
The early morning ride out into the park to Savage River was the best part, got to see a lot of wildlife right near the road. Visited Happy Harry at the old log cabin along the road and spent a good hour talking with him about the development and changes to Denali, and most of them positive. Even though you feel somewhat like in Disney it is mainly to keep control of the masses of people who travel the
distance just to see the beauty of the surroundings, and it has been most glorious with the colors of vegetation..Another Paradox of life..........Headed to Fairbanks to track a fedex package arriving from Hong Kong and since we will have to wait around till Friday PM, probably will stay another night in this area. Took side road to Chena River Hot Springs to drive 65 miles NE thru state parks and very remote area. At the end of the road we arrived at Chena Hot springs Lodge, tour busses and airplanes arriving with tourists. Guess there is no where left to run. ?Urban legend related to us by Happy Harry was about when a small town finally got tv, the local bar patrons watching the Americas Most Wanted show recognized the bartender on the list.
Nice sleeping along river in State Campground kinda keeps all in perspective, I hope? State campgrounds are really well planned and mostly wooded and perfectly clean kinda wonder what they are like in lower 48!
TRIVIA:
Fairbanks (pronounced /ˈfɛərbæŋks/) is a Home Rule City in and the borough seat of the Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, United States.[2]
Fairbanks is the largest city in the Interior region of Alaska, and second largest in the state behind Anchorage. It is the principal city of the Fairbanks, Alaska Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of the Fairbanks North Star Borough and is the northernmost Metropolitan Statistical Area in the United States.
According to 2008 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 35,132,[1] and the Fairbanks metropolitan area's population was 97,970.[3] Fairbanks is home to the University of Alaska Fairbanks, the oldest college in Alaska.
I love the pics. The colors are spectacular!
ReplyDeleteBe on the lookout!!! You may not see any bears, however, Dalton has arrived in Anchorage. You may see him toting alot of camera gear and looking like a Denali resident moose!
ReplyDeleteSeriously, he's headed your way-----there goes the neighborhood!