The storm passed and finally the sun came out again - no rainbow to be seen
The storm passed and left behind a bit of fog
more hale
This is the hale that was left from the storm
You can see the storm hanging in the air waiting for its time to show
A beautiful day turned into thunder, lightening, rain and hail. It is very rare to have a thunder storm in this area and we had one tonight.
Now, did anyone think "how stupid!!" We were told prior to our walk about the park to be aware of your surroundings and stay away from the wild animals and why. Well, here are 2 members of our party trying to scare a cow moose and her yearling calf out into the opening so they could get a clear picture! For those of us unfamiliar with the moose and their actions, Momma is going to protect her young by chasing and attacking. Mamma moose must have smelled the green on these men because she ignored them while our tour guide yelled and got them to come away and get back a safe distance with the rest of us.
One lady in our group thought she could walk up to the moose and pet it becaused it was staged - deliberatly put there for us to see close up!
Oh look, no tummys showing!!
a little out of focus but still beautiful!
Beautiful wild flowers, Allan kept loosing me.
We really lucked out on the weather again today
This is Witche's Broom which is a fungus found on the bearberry and spruce trees. It causes the tree to put out shoots of abnormaly dense broomlike growth, then this section of tree dies.
This is moss which grows on Spruce trees, the Caribou eat it in the winter
The wild flowers were beautiful - I didn't get names, sorry!!
When we first arrived at the park we had lunch then met with our tour guide who explained the park to us, the do's and don'ts within the park and what to expect to see.
The train station in Denali - more mounains!!
Denali off in the distance!
As we near Denali we start seeing MOUNTAINS AGAIN!!
There is still snow and ice in Alaska
White Water Rafting is a popular sport. We didn't do this excursion because we decided to go into the Denali Park instead. It is on my bucket list along with tandum skydiving!!
There are no high mountains in this area
The merky water in this river is glacier fed and full of rock silt
Trees here are growning on the permafrost - notice they are small
These telegraph poles spot the county side along the tracks. Years back a company was hired to remove the poles and the wire. The wire was removed (because of its value in copper) and the poles were left. They tell us the government is going to send someone in to removed the poles. It will be sad to see them removed because they mark an important method of communications in the day. I wonder if our Grandchildren know what the telegraph was? We received telegraph messages at the time of our Wedding - I wonder if I still have them??
The Alaskan Railroad runs close to the main highway at this point. We were given Goldstar service on route and they tell me this is the last full-service railroad in the US.
This is the University of Alaska, Fairbanks which holds 9,828 students who come from Alaska, most other states and 52 foreign countries. It originally opened its doors as the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines and in 1935 became the University of Alaska.
This is the menu for our delightful breakfast
We caught the dome train at the train station in Fairbanks - the trip was very similar in confort and service as the Rocky Mountaineer we took from Banff to Vancouver a few short days ago.
This morning we left our comfortable accomodations and caught our tour bus at 7:30 a.m. heading for Denali. If I have not already said so, Sophie Stations staff were super and they have suites which are very comfortable. A must if you are staying more that one night.
Oh look, no tummys showing!!
a little out of focus but still beautiful!
Beautiful wild flowers, Allan kept loosing me.
We really lucked out on the weather again today 
This is Witche's Broom which is a fungus found on the bearberry and spruce trees. It causes the tree to put out shoots of abnormaly dense broomlike growth, then this section of tree dies. 
This is moss which grows on Spruce trees, the Caribou eat it in the winter
The wild flowers were beautiful - I didn't get names, sorry!! 
When we first arrived at the park we had lunch then met with our tour guide who explained the park to us, the do's and don'ts within the park and what to expect to see.
The train station in Denali - more mounains!!
Denali off in the distance!
As we near Denali we start seeing MOUNTAINS AGAIN!! 
There is still snow and ice in Alaska
White Water Rafting is a popular sport. We didn't do this excursion because we decided to go into the Denali Park instead. It is on my bucket list along with tandum skydiving!!
There are no high mountains in this area
The merky water in this river is glacier fed and full of rock silt
Trees here are growning on the permafrost - notice they are small 
These telegraph poles spot the county side along the tracks. Years back a company was hired to remove the poles and the wire. The wire was removed (because of its value in copper) and the poles were left. They tell us the government is going to send someone in to removed the poles. It will be sad to see them removed because they mark an important method of communications in the day. I wonder if our Grandchildren know what the telegraph was? We received telegraph messages at the time of our Wedding - I wonder if I still have them??
The Alaskan Railroad runs close to the main highway at this point. We were given Goldstar service on route and they tell me this is the last full-service railroad in the US.
This is the University of Alaska, Fairbanks which holds 9,828 students who come from Alaska, most other states and 52 foreign countries. It originally opened its doors as the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines and in 1935 became the University of Alaska.
This is the menu for our delightful breakfast 
We caught the dome train at the train station in Fairbanks - the trip was very similar in confort and service as the Rocky Mountaineer we took from Banff to Vancouver a few short days ago.
This morning we left our comfortable accomodations and caught our tour bus at 7:30 a.m. heading for Denali. If I have not already said so, Sophie Stations staff were super and they have suites which are very comfortable. A must if you are staying more that one night.
