Traveling North America marveling at the beauty of God’s creation
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Leaving Denali National Park
After prayers and breakfast, I prepared the fifth wheel to leave camp. I have been in Teklanika Campsite for six days. It was a nice day with some clouds. I drove to the ranger station at the paved road and headed out to the park entrance. There, I dumped the waste tanks and got fresh…
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Denali National Park D5 Relax
Today was a down day. It’s Sunday and a day to rest. My leg is still bothering me, so I took a walk around camp just to keep it limbered up. Hopefully, a few stretches will help too. I pray that this will clear up soon, so it doesn’t bother me while fishing. I am…
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Denali National Park D4 Walk and Ride
It was a beautiful day. I wanted to hike so I got ready and walked to rest area and back. The muscle at the top inside of my left leg started hurting slightly. I must have pulled it on the walk. The walk was on the gravel road so there was no off-road trails to…
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Denali National Park D3 More Rain
I took today easy. I walked around campsite to get some exercise. I visited with Mike, whom I met yesterday on the road, and shared with Mike how to get the fishing reports from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADFG) and a book I bought several years ago on fishing the Alaska Highways. …
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Denali National Park D2 Hiking
Sleep has been elusive at times. It’s so bright out all the time, even in the “night”. Last night after dinner it was cold. I think it was the dampness from raining all day that made it seem so cold. It is even colder in the bedroom area since I keep the heat contained in…
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Denali National Park Day 1 Rain
Early, and I mean early, in the morning, I woke to rain hitting the top of the fifth wheel. It was a pleasant sound. Comforting and soothing. Because of the cloud cover, it was darker than it has been the past few weeks. I went back to sleep easily. I got up to a cold…
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Fairbanks to Denali National Park
After breakfast I started to break camp. I was soon ready to pull out heading for Denali National Park (DNP). I found a place to dump the waste tanks and get propane since one tank was empty. That is the first tank of propane since I filled the tanks just prior to crossing the border…
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Discovery III
Sunday morning after breakfast, I decided to walk on the other side of the Chena River. I left with a backpack for a water bottle to keep hydrated. It was a beautiful day. The sun was bright, and the temperature was getting up in the seventies. I saw a sign for the HooDoo Brewery and…
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Tanana Farmers Market
After breakfast and prayers, I headed over to the Farmers Market. I was hoping to purchase some produce, but it must be too early for it. I did find a very nice birch spoon which I purchased to use with honey. I have been looking for a wood spoon for some time and this one…
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Eagle Summit
Deacon Chuck recommended a drive about 100 miles up the Steese Highway. There are two places where you can see for miles. He warned that the road turns to gravel and ends in Circle on the Yukon River. The next day, I drove up the Steese Highway and stopped at Twelve Mile Summit and then…