Denali is just over 100 miles south of here, so the trip down took just over 2 hours. We packed a lunch and lots of snacks and took our time travelling down. It was fun to be in the car again!
It was cloudy with a chance of rain, so we didn't expect to see much in the way of mountains. Instead, we took in the colors. It is definitely fall here. All of the leaves are turning yellow, and orange is starting to appear as well. Most of the pictures I took were to show off the colors. That is one advantage of coming down this weekend in addition to next time. It should look completely different because fall is pretty short here. I expect either red leaves or bare trees next time!
Laura and I decided not to spend the $10 per person to enter the park. People are not allowed to drive their vehicles most of the way into the park, instead you have to take buses. Since we didn't have reservations we would just be checking out the first part of the park. That is the same part of the park we will check out with our folks, so we saved that for them. (It doesn't hurt that my Dad will get us in for free...)
Instead, we drove an extra 30 miles south of the entrance to get more views of the area. We were able to see snowy peaks and mountains, but we never really saw Denali. Well, the tall and impressive part of it. Did you know that from ground level base to highest point, Denali is actually taller than Everest? Everest just has more 'underground' height.
I'm not sure there is much else to say, because for the most part our trip was just listening to music, listening to Harry Potter and sight seeing. So I leave you with photos! Enjoy!
These are completely out of order... but that's ok.
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| A cloud we were chasing and eventually beat. |
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