Denali National Park - Part 2

We enjoyed our time at Savage Creek Campground.  Further from the hub-bub of the larger campgrounds and the helicopters at "Glitter Gulch," the commercial district at the entrance to the Park.

First morning, we saw this female moose (cow) and her baby (calf) twenty feet from the back of our home.

Moose present a serious danger to the unwary in the best of circumstances, doubly so when accompanied by their young.  So I snapped this photo thru the back window rather than my usual method of running outside for a closer encounter.  (Readers with excellent recall will remember that time with a bear at Yellowstone NP.  This one

Another day, we rode the park shuttle for seven hours round trip to the Eielson Visitor Center at mile 66 of the park road.  During the ride, we saw numerous grizzly bears, including this threesome on a hill.

As well as a mother (sow) and her two cubs, and another grizzly maybe 20 feet from the bus.    Also moose, a golden eagle, a caribou, mu gulls, dall sheep, and squirrels.

Last morning, day of departure, we finally saw Mt. Denali (McKinley) from our campground.

75 miles away.

Then on our way out, this moose grazing in the shrubs by the road.

And so we leave the wilderness for now.  On to the metropolis of Fairbanks.

Bruce