Winning the Lottery

So we didn't win the powerball jackpot but we did win a permit to drive into Denali National Park. We called this trip "Girls Denali" since the men were all out hunting it was just us women who took on this adventure. We stayed the night in Denali and then the next morning we piled into a 15 passenger van and headed down the road. The wildlife were a little slow to come out but eventually we saw multiple bears and a gathering of frisky moose.

A group photo at the top of Polychrome Pass

Grandma Lene and Liz

a bear

Mom and me

Pretty River View

Hannah and Keaton

A park ranger out directing the moose. (they don't listen very well)

 

Digging bear

"You lookin' at me?"

All that was seen of the mountain.....It is amazing to me that the highest peak in North America can be so reclusive.

A moose sticking his head out as if to say "Are the tourists gone?"

There was a lot of snow in the higher elevations combined with the flat light there were places where the landscape looked like an Ansel Adams photograph.