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Cantwell
Travel Blogs from Cantwell, United States
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Road from Fairbanks to Cantwell
So I started out today headed south towards Anchorage. My guidbook said there'd be some good views and if it were clear enough eventually I'd get to gaze at Mt. McKinley. So there I am and the first thing I get to see is the frozen ...
Cantwell and the sled dogs
So I started out the morning early hopeing to see the sun come up and make some cool shadows on Denali, unfortunatly couldn't see Denali yet but I still got some cool photos. Then, after some breakfast, I headed to this spot to do some snowshoeing. ...
Denali National Park
Took a short tour to Denali Park. Saw a family of the state bird walking on the side of the road. Saw caribou on the side of the road also. From a certain point we enjoyed a warm cup of hot chocolate from the water served from the bus' hot water fountain ...
Denali
This place felt more like an actual lodge. Our cabins were right next to a river again. The spa's hot tub was outdoors. There were three that i Could count. The lodge was across the street from a bunch of souvenir shops. I stayed to have dinner at the ...
Backcountry Craziness
Hello hello all, Just a quick up date from way up north. I just went on my first backpacking trip of the season and lets just say things were really teeth chattering frigid. Anne and I were stuck in a tent, in our sleeping bags for a good three ...
Arrival at Denali Park and Preserve
We left North Pole on Thursday, May 14 to head for the park. Going south on the Parks Highway the beautiful Tanana valley is on the left just outside of Fairbanks. It's about a 2 hour trip from Fairbanks to Denali Park. We know that we are getting close ...
Three days in Denali National Park
OK, so I'm way behind in posting to this blog. WiFi was not working at the hostel where we stayed in Talkeetna. Early in the morning, we were packing up to leave the Talkeetna Hostel. I had just returned from one of many trips to the van, ...
Sweet livin' on the Nenana
So here I am again in Denali. Life is good. I still think about Senegal a lot and I'm starting to ask myself "was I really there for two years?" because when I come back to a place that feels like I never left I just feel like those two years ...
Moved to Savage River
Campers are scheduled to arrive on May 19, so we asked for the key to the gate at Savage River so we could get in and get set up before the campers arrive. No problem except no one knew where a key to the gate could be located. Finally, about 3:00 p.m. a ...
Denali National Park, Alaska
10/6/07 We started the day with a tour into the Denali National Park and Preserve. It was awesome. We were treated to some history, met and talked with Mr Bill Stevenson - an elder of the Athabasca people, and saw even more panoramic views. Even Denali ...
Sur la route
... dans les deux sens. Nous arrivons finalement dans cette toute petite bourgade de Cantwell, tout pres de l'entrée du Denali National Park ou, apres deux tentatives infructueuses et 70 miles sans RIEN, nous avons trouve ...
Day 24,25
Day 24 and 25 Hi everybody, Sorry about the down time but it was back at Fairbanks after the Dalton to recharge the batteries. Got up this morning packed up "Kodi" and met John (my new Canadian buddy) for a breakfast of gigantic cinnamon roll and coffee ...
South of Denali Park
... Race On Earth" as it is called. June 17 - We put in more hours driving today about 4. We are in Cantwell just south of Denali National Park. This area doesn't have a lot of civilized (with hookups) campgrounds to choose from so we ...
Day 27
... night on Brushkana River and didn't get a lot of sleep, oh yea also it rained. Anyway packed up a wet camp and headed into Cantwell and then down to Creekside Café for something hot to eat and use the internet. Afterward it was up to Denali park where I ...
Saw Mt.McKinley
We "had" to be on the 6:00am bus into Denali Park. According to Bill the first bus sees the most animals. We took an 8hr ride into Denali Park. It was a beautiful day! We saw the 2 summit peaks of Mt.McKinley. According to our guide only 25% of the ...
The Road to Denali
... . There aren't many more after there's a long stretch of at least 50 miles with no gas station, until you get to Cantwell. Our stop for the night was at the Denali River Cabins, six miles from the Denali Park entrance. Supper was at the ...
Denali
We arrived at Denali late and it took us almost an hour over muddy roads in the pouring rain to get to Teklanika camp site. Really just a parking place with bush around it. The TEK campsite is at milemarker 29 of the park road. Next morning we were up ...
Kaia's First Porcupine!
On our second day on the Denali Highway, Sean and I tried fishing again in the morning. After about an hour though, my reel had broken and we hadn't so much as seen a single fish in the clear water. So we gave up and returned to the van, having to ...
Denali
We had a great clear day, but were still miles away. Round trip of 7 hours on a old school ...
Friday, Saturday, Sunday
Friday, just north of Fairbanks went Ed Dorado Gold Mine. We learned old mining techniques, rode a train through perma frost and panned for gold. It was fun. Saturday, went to Pioneer Park to a book reveiw of "The Spill". ...
Day 26
... , by myself!!!! Not to smart Mike, so I worked my way around and got back onto the “Good” mud road. Arrived in Cantwell, filled up with gas and tried to find an internet connection so I could file the Daily Journal and I got to talk to Kim as ...
Day 28
Day 28 Hi all, woke up this morning in a nice warm bed and it was raining HARD outside so I decided to sleep late, like 8:30 am. Still pouring so I did some laundry and went next door to borrow some decent internet service. Then it was back to the ...
Just got out of Denali National Park
June 18 and 19 - Camped on Denali Hwy in an old gravel pit area. Enjoyed a drive each day, short hikes and a campfire at night. Sun was out and it got up to the upper 70's, which was nice but it brought out more bugs. June 20 - Drove ...
Denali Park
Denali Park was the destination today. We drove to the park to get an idea of the tour schedules. Here's the rundown of the way things work: The road into the park is 90 miles long. There are various "turnaround" points for ...
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