Alaska 2008

On the road to Denali National Park

Denali is hidden behind the clouds.

Our lovely rental car for the first portion of our trip.

Sarah, with an invisible Denali in the background.

Hurricane gulch.

The Wilderness Access Center in Denali, where you make campground and shuttle reservations.

Sarah in the gift shop.

Camp at Riley Creek.

Start of the hike to Horseshoe Lake.

Horseshoe Lake

Beaver dams on Horseshoe Lake. Unfortunately we didn't see any beavers themselves.

Gorgeous scenery, from the first 12 miles on the road accessible to private vehicles.

Denali.

Denali is only visible an average of once every three days during the summer season. Ironically, during the winter it is almost always visible. The mountain is in the middle of the photograph, and appears to be shorter than the mountains in the foreground.

A Mer Gull. If there hadn't been a sign, I would have thought that a bunch of sea gulls got lost and wandered hundreds of miles inland.

Ptarmigan hiding in the brush, with mate.