Flight Seeing Mt. McKinley

We had an amazing and extremely long day yesterday. We got up at 4 AM after the sun rose to get out last meal on the cruise ship. We then boarded a train to take us to Talkeetna with these wonderful views of Mt. McKinley, known to native Alaskans as simply Denali or "The High One."

The weather has been unbelievable on this trip— relatively warm with bright sunny days. The views have been breathtaking. We've been told many times by different people that Alaska does not often get weather like this and that most people who come here never see the peak of Mt. McKinley.

After a bit of discussion we decided we had to flight see Denali. In addition to the trip around Mt. McKinley, we were treated to a glacier landing at the 7,000 foot hikers Base Camp. Here's a photo of us at base camp with Denali in the background. We finally arrived at our hotel at 10:30 PM and it was still full-on daylight.Hope to catch up with scrapping my daily photos and have an Alaskan photo gallery for you soon.

Later.

Week Seven: Photo a Day 2009

We had a great week, what with Valentine's day and then heading up to Alaska for some awesome skiing. We arrived late Monday night pretty much on time in spite of Alaska Airlines notoriously bad on-time record. Tuesday, we were upgraded to a junior suite. Sweet! Gene skied Tuesday in a snow storm and through fog. Wednesday was clear and beautiful and we wore ourselves out. Thursday it was snowing but the visibility wasn't too bad. We've been having a great time. Love that the lifts don't open until 10:30 am and then close at 5:30 pm. Be sure to check out our Alyeska Photo Gallery.

While at Alyeska in Girdwood, we were introduced to a great local Cajun restaurant— Double Musky Inn. The owner, Justin Persons, showed us his very impressive wine cellar. If you ever get anywhere near Anchorage, you must eat at this restaurant. Layout paper and elements from Amber LaBau’s Stolen Moments “Someone To Love.”

Later.