Denali Princess Lodge Healy

09-09-09<br><br>Val had a good day on her birthday. She met with Jane Lakeman, and chose some items from the park archives she wished to have. Jane scanned them and then copied them to disc for Val. She got some pretty cool stuff. <br><br>Her day actually started out well before she met with Jane. On the way to park headquarters she got in a moose jam and ended up with some pretty cool moose pictures. "Not another moose ...

Last trip out into the park&#8230;<br><br>Val has wanted to go to Wonder Lake for two summers, and Dave does not want to ride the bus. As the season comes to a close, Val has decided to take the bus to Wonder Lake by herself. It turns out to be a good choice. Val says there is not a lot of narrative to go with the story of her day; the pictures tell the story.<br><br>They saw everything on the park road except...A BEAGLE!<br><br>Your rare breed,<br><br>Remington Beagle<br>

... fall the leaves of the plant turn bright red, and the leaves pointed upward in abundance from the base of the plant look very much like tongues of fire.<br><br>When the plants go to seed the long narrow capsule which formerly produced a flower at the end opens and releases a fine fluffy substance with tiny seeds inside. This fluff is carried by the wind thus abundant fireweed for future ...

... inner city. Oh my gosh, didn&#8217;t he ever read Little Red Riding Hood? If he looked at the pictures in a child&#8217;s book he would know what a wolf looks like. Well now he knows what a Hoary Marmot looks like. <br><br>Val, Natalie, and Dan (Dave had to stay back at camp and work) proceed to climb Mt. Margaret. They know that the group of elders who got lost in the park some days ago climbed Mt. Margaret ...

... Dinner. It&#8217;s a free supper for Dave and Val, and they purchase tickets for Kym and Luke. There was prime rib, shrimp, halibut, and on, and on&#8230; The fun didn&#8217;t last very long because Dave and Val had to get right back out to the park and earn their keep.<br><br>It&#8217;s a beautiful evening, the mountain is "out," and the campers are happy. Kym and Val leave the guys to take care of the campground, and head back ...

... The closest one to us is at Bear Creek, about 33 miles east of Lake Minchumina. It&#8217;s about 80 miles from us. That fire has burned 15,847 acres. The other fire is at Zitziana which is about 50 miles southeast of Tanana, and it has burned 8,800 acres. Val has taken a picture of a map of Alaska with some black arrows to orient you. The bottom arrow is where we are at. The left arrow is the Bear Creek fire, and the right arrow designates ...

... am just sniffing along when all of a sudden I smell a smell I have never smelled before. I stop and sniff again. This smell is different, and it is a very fresh smell, and if I just head off the road a bit I can follow&#8230;darn! Val is pulling me away. &#8220;No Val you don&#8217;t understand, this is something really fresh, and WILD.&#8221; I pull back and Val accommodates me just a little. She says, &#8220;No Remington, you can&#8217;t go ...

... today?" The other driver says, "No, only some stone sheep." It took Val just a minute to think about that and then she asked, "Were they moving around very much?" "Well not since the last ice age anyway." LOL We know from driving out into the park looking for Dall's Sheep that sometimes what you think are sheep on the mountainside are really white rocks. If the white shapes don't move, and are in the same spots on your return trip you can pretty well be assured ...

... liked the town a lot, it was small but had a ton of personalities and we even met some people from West Virginia! <br> It was now about 5:30 PM and we still had over 3 hours drive to get to Healy and the Dome Home Bed &amp; Breakfast. Now we were cautiously optimistic about this B&amp;B because we had several communications with them prior to our arrival and ...

... because we had paid the money! Upon checking the email Rick finds we are at the wrong RV park! Oh dear U turn required and head back the 8 miles to Denali. Find the RV park and hook up, settle in and begin cooking dinner. Gee where did the girls go? Is the question Earnie and Rick ask as they begin the fight with their various IT responsibilities. Rick was unable to hook onto the net and Earnie couldn't obtain a picture on the Television! Of course by now you have all ...