Well, today we departed the ship and started the land-based portion of our trip. We pulled into Seward this morning and hopped on a bus to Denali. Along the way, we stopped briefly in Anchorage for lunch. Don't tell our cardiologist, but lunch was halibut fish and chips. The fries were cooked in duck fat and had truffle oil and parmesan cheese sprinkled on them. Yum Yum! Since we were on the bus most of the day, we didn't get very many pictures. However, we did get to take a few pictures of Mt Denali. Oh yeah, and we saw a couple of moose on the way up here. Of course, I didn't have my camera ready when we passed the moose, so no shots of them.
Not much of a view this morning as it was all cloudy and rainy. I think the ocean was as sad to see us leave as we were to leave the ocean.
The flat lands part of the drive between Anchorage and Denali. This is the stretch where we saw the moose. Of course, as I mentioned above, I had just taken this shot and put my camera away when we saw the moose.
Here's a shot of your two favorite explorers in the Alaskan flat lands outside of Denali.
Here's a shot of Mt. Denali. Denali is the big mountain peaking between the two layers of clouds in the middle. We were very lucky to see Mt. Denali as we were driving today. It is said that only about 1 out of 3 tourists get to see Denali as it is usually hidden behind the clouds. In the few minutes that we were taking pictures, it kept appearing and disappearing behind the clouds.
Here's a closer, albiet partial, view of Denali (in the background between the clouds).
Our hotel room here overlooks the Nenana River. We can open the windows and here the rapids.
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