| We spent a third day but
just around the entrance to Denali. We were camped at Healey about six miles
to the north. This is the entrance to one of the resort hotels just outside
the park. |  |
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There are various displays inside the visitor centre. This looks a much
better fed moose than those in the wild. |
| Quilting is a big thing
in America and particularly in the north. This was quite an unusual and
attractive quilt on display. |  |
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The detail shows that it is not a geometrical patchwork as many are. |
| We went on a ranger
guided walk around the old village of Mckinley, now long since demolished.
Most of the trees are spruce and aspen but this is a stand of balsam firs. |  |
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We went under the railway viaduct. This was one of the last pieces of the
railway to be completed. |
| Just as we reached Riley
Creek campground this moose wandered across the road. It is probably morose
because it has lost its calf. Almost all moose cows give birth each year but
only about 15% of the calves survive to one year old. |  |
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There is another walk down to Horseshoe Lake. But we decided this would be
too hard on the knees so we abandoned it. |
| So we went back to the
campsite for the last time. The road is quite prone to rock falls along this
section. |  |
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The River Nenana is popular with rafters and three rafts are on their way
here. |
| Or maybe it was four.
There are plenty of rapids. I don't know what its classification is as white
water. |  |
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Definitely four and it looks quite exciting. |
| The railway construction
was quite a feat with several bridges through the gorge and some quite tight
curves. |  |
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So we left the park and headed on south to Anchorage. |
| This is the more normal
view of the mountains, with the top half shrouded in cloud. |  |
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This is the road bridge at Hurricane Gulch. Quite an impressive structure. |
| So back on the plain. As
we approach the city we are back to the land of huge rivers. This is
probably the Susitna. |  |
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