After Denali it would be hard to beat the absolute beauty of the National Park. With that we went on to Fairbanks. We found a state park campground close to the University of Alaska that sits on the Chena River and has great campsites built among the trees. We camped there with Pete and Bunny Ware...
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Dateline July 1, 2011, Denali National Park Alaska
We have finally reached the destination that has been considered to be the highlight of the Alaska trip – Denali National Park.
We met some of the Roadtrek group for the dinner theater show about Fanny who came to Denali to prospect for gold in the early 1900's. She never made it as a prospector ...
Read MoreDateline June 27, 2011, Anchorage to Denali
After our wonderful experience in Anchorage we stayed in a beautiful Alaska State camping ground on the Eagle River in the town of Eagle River. We were just 100 feet from the river and the peaceful sound of the water flowing made for two great nights of sleep. The first day we drove into town an...
Read MoreDateline June 21 (Soltice, Sun is bright at 11:30 pm), Soldotna to Anchorage
While in Soldotna we did get the opportunity to play golf, you probably forgot that was part of the trip since we haven't played since being in Dawson Creek at John Rigsby's Farmington 9 hole course. The first 9 hole course was a lot of fun, the greens were pretty sparse but fun was had by all. ...
Read MoreDateline June 18, 2011 Homer to Soldotna and Diamond M
The adventure continued as we said a fond farewell to Homer and headed north on the Kenai peninsula towards Soldotna, Alaska. Of course the views were spectacular as usual and we were on the lookout for Moose. We passed our first Moose and could not stop to get a picture and were very disappointe...
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