Sunday Eielson Bus Trip thru Denali Park

Got up this morning to a rainy day. We had reserved a bus trip at Denali NP to the Eielson Visitor Center. Our scheduled time was 8:30 am and returning 4:40 pm. It was setup that if we wanted to get off at any point, then we could jump off, hike around and then catch a returning bus coming down the road.

We got on the bus at the scheduled time, and the driver was very informative. However, it rained almost the entire trip. It made some scheduled stops along the way that we got off at, but it was raining. Our plan was to jump off and hike, but it was so cold and rainy, that we just hung with the bus the entire day. We did see some places to jump off the next time we do this trip (maybe Wednesday). The idea is that there are no trails in the park (hardly), and you can get off at any time and just hike. We found some places along some creeks that we were going to try. All in all, it was a very long day and by the end of it, we were glad to be off the bus.

While we didn't get off the bus, we did see a lot of wildlife along the trip. Grizzly Bears, Foxes, Dall Mountain Goats, Caribou and even a wolf. Apparently seeing a wolf at the park is fairly rare. Most of these were way off in the distance, so photographing from a shaky bus thru the window was a challenge.

It was still raining on our drive back to the campground and thru the evening. The weather today was raining and 55 to 60 most of the day.