The view form the Denali Princess lodge. Nenana Gorge in forground.
Having dried out and warmed up after our whitewater rafting we started our second day in Denali on an Alaska Walking Tour. Our guide, Kevin, met us at the lodge at 7:30 am. After introductions we left to pick up two other people. Bob and Larry from Colorado, formally Huston Texas, loaded up a min van and a short twenty minutes later we were in the Alaska wilderness.
I learned that everyone is in the Alaska wilderness when driving a few minutes out of any city in Alaska. The only sign of civilization is the occasional road sign. I did notice that most all road signs, even along the highways in Anchorage, were full of gun shot holes. I thought that was only a Wisconsin thing… “lets wanta goan bagas a road sign son”.... Back to the wilderness tour. Kevin is a very knowledgeable and interesting guide. He took us to “Dry Creek River” were glacial runoff cuts its way through the earth. Kevin explained that some days the glacial thaw is so strong that the river is impassable. Some days it consists of two or three creeks while others days there is no run off and the creek is dry. We hit it on a dry day. The day before there were several creeks running and a week earlier we could not have crossed it. We walked up the dry bed for about a few hundred yards then followed a path into the woods were we found all sorts of berries. Kevin pointed out ferns, fungi, trees, and mushrooms and told us stories or what he does in the off season. He climbs 200 foot towers in 40 below zero weather to build/repair towers. His talking about climbing towers was as interesting as the wilderness tour.
The view form the Denali Princess lodge. Nenana Gorge in forground.
Having dried out and warmed up after our whitewater rafting we started our second day in Denali on an Alaska Walking Tour. Our guide, Kevin, met us at the lodge at 7:30 am. After introductions we left to pick up two other people. Bob and Larry from Colorado, formally Huston Texas, loaded up a min van and a short twenty minutes later we were in the Alaska wilderness.
I learned that everyone is in the Alaska wilderness when driving a few minutes out of any city in Alaska. The only sign of civilization is the occasional road sign. I did notice that most all road signs, even along the highways in Anchorage, were full of gun shot holes. I thought that was only a Wisconsin thing… “lets wanta goan bagas a road sign son”.... Back to the wilderness tour. Kevin is a very knowledgeable and interesting guide. He took us to “Dry Creek River” were glacial runoff cuts its way through the earth. Kevin explained that some days the glacial thaw is so strong that the river is impassable. Some days it consists of two or three creeks while others days there is no run off and the creek is dry. We hit it on a dry day. The day before there were several creeks running and a week earlier we could not have crossed it. We walked up the dry bed for about a few hundred yards then followed a path into the woods were we found all sorts of berries. Kevin pointed out ferns, fungi, trees, and mushrooms and told us stories or what he does in the off season. He climbs 200 foot towers in 40 below zero weather to build/repair towers. His talking about climbing towers was as interesting as the wilderness tour.
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