We drove up the highway from Fairbanks for about 100 miles to Denali National Park. It was very cloudy so we couldn’t see the peak of Denali. We drove to our campsite and set up our tent. After that we biked to the main visitors center. There we learned about the geography and animals of Denali National Park. After that we had a pleasant dinner at our campsite. In the morning we got to the shuttle station to drive into the park. The road there is eight hours long and we went six hours along it (its closed off to private vehicles). We entered the bus. We sat down in the front of the bus.
As we started the bus the driver explained his purpose on the bus and that we could ask him ANY questions had. After saying this a young kid began asking about bears moose and everything on the four corners of earth. After about two hours of this we finally saw a large grizzly mom and her cubs in the distance.
We continued on to the Eielson Visitors Center where on a sunny day you could see mount Denali the tallest peak in North America. Then we did a hike through the bear bushes to the a glacier fed river. This was a very unusual hike due to the fact there was no whining from my sisters, so I took it into my own hands.
Once we got back from the hike we boarded one of the last busses of the day. On the way back we saw grizzly bears, caribou, and doll sheep. However, the coolest animal we saw was on the way into our campsite. It was a 9 foot tall jurassic moose with her two babies that were already huge. The mom moose must have weighed 20 tons. We were all aghast by the size of the moose. After waiting for the mosses to move on we continued to the campsite and finished our day.
Thanks-Robbie “Dudley Do Right” Day
