After hiking for the
last few days, we decided to take it easy today from hiking and did some
tourist things. Another perfect day
here weather wise. Mostly sunny starting
at lower 60's and finishing in mid 70's.
Went to see a sled
dog demonstration at Denali NP. They
maintain a team of 31 sled dogs that apparently they do use thru the
winter. These were Alaskan Huskies,
which looked a lot different than our picture of how a sled dog should look
like. Cool demonstration of the dogs,
what the job of each of the dogs are, depending on where they line up.
We had our first
campfire of the trip this evening! We
haven't had fires along the way, mostly because of burning restrictions usually
in place in the northwest. It was a pretty
warm evening for a fire, but it still felt good. There were some bugs that kept landing on
us. At first we thought they were
harmless, but then they started biting.
1/2 long black bugs, some sort of beetle. They were swarming on us and seemed to ignore
bug spray.
Tomorrow we're
planning another hike in the park.
Hopefully the weather holds out as there is a good chance of rain.
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In the town of Healy - Nenana River - River is the color of gray sludge
which comes from the glaciers that feed it. Looks like a wild ride
for rafters.
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| Nenana River - Really moves fast |
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Small tourist town outside the park - Looks like it was tough making
a living at it, with such a short season.
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