Tag: Denali National Park

  • Denali is OUT!

    Only thirty percent of visitors to Alaska get to see Denali.  It is usually shrouded with clouds.  It was a sunny day and I have hoped that I would get to see the mountain up close before I left.  But one never knows.  I prayed a silent prayer that I would see the mountain if…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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. …

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…