Denali Highway / washboard

Day four started with a nine hour buss ride cross country to Copper River. Cloudy and overcast, we loaded up the buss and left Denali about 8:30 am. The scenery on the Denali Highway was great, even though the weather was not the best. The rain held off for the most part. Not many wild animal sightings. A bald eagle here and there, After about three hours on the road, if you call an unpaved, pot hole ridden narrow lane trail a road, we stopped for home made pie and ice cream. I was not feeling that good, coming down with a sins infection, so Wendy, David and Holly sampled the goods with smiles of approval. This is Wendy before the pie and ice cream. The buss ride was not too bad, bumpy but otherwise ok. The rains kept the dust down which was a good thing. We stopped for lunch at a small place built in the middle of nowhere. Soup and sandwich and back on the road again but not before we got our first look at a glacier.Sorry I did not do a better job in documenting the names of the stops for pie, lunch or this glacier. I promise to do a better job on the next vacation. This link has great pictures of the Denali Highway. I know I have said this before but the Alaska scenery is something to behold! Enjoy!! Our driver/guide stopped at the Susitna River bridge so we could walk across and stretch our legs.
On the other side, shortly after we pulled away, there was a yell by two or three people, in unison,”Mooooose”!!! The buss comes to a stop and backs up to give those who can see it through the trees, a better look. Most everyone saw a cow (female moose) and Wendy and one or two others said they saw the large antlers of a male moose. With the moose mostly hidden in/by the trees there was no photo op. That was it for wildlife on this ride.


Susitna River.


Next posting… not sure of a title just yet… “ATV’s & bear attacks” or “ATV’s can’t out run a Grizzly” or ??????.