Denali pt.2

We went for our 8 hour bus ride into Denali Park today and though it was so overcast we saw little of the grand landscape we did make out well on the wildlife viewing. First off I have to mention that we did not take a "tour" bus, it was rather the shuttle bus to the Eielson Center 67 miles into the park. The difference is close to $100, but, if you take the early morning bus with the right driver (Craig Lewis in our case)you can see more than the "tour" buses usually do.



Many of the animals were too far from the bus to get good pics, but that is a good thing because this is truly a nature preserve with the park's strict rules of teaching the humans to respect the animals home. We were fortunate to see numerous sightings of Brown Bears, Caribou, Moose, Wolves and Dall Sheep. Especially gratifying was watching a mother wolf with 7 pups. Below is a selection of photos, with more eventually being placed in My Galleries