Eielson Visitor Center. This is an eight-hour ride into Denali. Take a look at the road we were on. Linda Z, it was more of a drop-off than the ride you and I did in Santa Fe!!Wish we had more time so we could hike. On the ride there, we could smell smoke. As we got closer to Denali (2 hr ride from south from Fairbanks), the smoke got heavier. Found out there was a control burn plus there was 2 fires that started from lightening strikes. 
We saw quite a lot of wildlife as our bus driver gave told us about Denali and it's inhabitants.
We saw Dahl sheep up on a mountainside but too far away for a picture. Then we saw a bald eagle soaring. So peaceful.
Here's a quote from one of the rest areas we stopped at: "Each moment of the year has its own beauty, a picture which was never seen before, and which shall never be seen again." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson.
We saw bears, mamma moose and her baby, and caribou that came running right to our bus. She looked
scared but we couldn’t see what might have spooked her. When we saw the grizzly bear ambling along, the Ranger had all of us leave the trails and head back to the Visitor’s Center. They said that bears can move fast. Saw a wolf looking for his lunch. 
We saw quite a lot of wildlife as our bus driver gave told us about Denali and it's inhabitants.
We saw Dahl sheep up on a mountainside but too far away for a picture. Then we saw a bald eagle soaring. So peaceful.
Here's a quote from one of the rest areas we stopped at: "Each moment of the year has its own beauty, a picture which was never seen before, and which shall never be seen again." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson.We saw bears, mamma moose and her baby, and caribou that came running right to our bus. She looked
scared but we couldn’t see what might have spooked her. When we saw the grizzly bear ambling along, the Ranger had all of us leave the trails and head back to the Visitor’s Center. They said that bears can move fast. Saw a wolf looking for his lunch. 
You'll be able to see the smoke in this picture.
At one of the visitor centers, Anna and I had some fun with a pair of caribou antlers. Take a look at these moose antlers. It's 2 moose who got their horns locked while fighting ... probably over a girl :-)
Sorry I didn't get to post much last night. Boy, are we spoiled with our Internet in the lower 48 states. Here in Fairbanks, the only good spot I could find was in the Internet Pub, then we found a Internet Cafe ($8/hr) that had a laundry beside it, so that's what we're doing while I'm posting. Harry hadn't done laundry in a LONG time, so he had to ask the attendant some questions. She told him that the first time is always the hardest. We laughed.
Weather is really pretty nice today. We talked to a restaurant owner last night who said that last year the temperature didn't get above 55 degrees the whole summer. Glad we decided to wait til this year to come. Yesterday the temp got to at least 75 degrees. Really nice. EXCEPT, hotels don't have air conditioning so they are pretty hot unless there's a lot of ventilation. Ours doesn't have that ventilation. But it's been an experience.
Talk to you later
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