As we stated in an earlier post, we spent our first night at Denali National Park in Riley Creek Campground and the next three nights at Teklanika River Campground. The park provides a bus service for people wanting to go further into the park for a moderate cost. This is an excellent way to observe the many different types of wildlife that live in the park. The bus goes all the way to Kantishna which is 90 miles into the park; however, most people only go as far as Wonder Lake, 85 miles, where if you are lucky you will have an excellent view of Mt. McKinley; however, less than 30% get to see the mountain. On the day we took the bus to Wonder Lake we were in the 70+% who did not see the mountain. We did see a lot of wildlife which we have posted pictures of below along with some other pictures from our bus trip and campsite. We think Denali National Park is a must see when in Alaska. The beauty of the park is unbelievable, with all the mountains, valleys, rivers/lakes and of coarse the abundant wildlife living in the park. The bus ride is also fascinating with the narrow road and curves. Our bus driver did an excellent job of narrating for the passengers on the bus. Although we didn't see the mountain the day we took the bus we had a great time. The campgrounds are very nice with private sites that have a picnic table and fire rings. The campgrounds also have pit toilets which are very well maintained.
This is our campsite in Teklanika Campground
A couple of young moose posing for us...
Another young moose
One of several Brown (Grizzly) Bears we saw
A couple of pictures of the road into Denali. We found if you closed your eyes the curves weren't too bad?
This picture was taken from inside our bus window; mountain on one side and sheer drop off on other side of bus.
Our last day leaving the park we got a look at Mt. McKinley peaking through the clods
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