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Anne & Carolyn's Alaska Trip, August 25-September 5, 2012

Overview Days 8-12

Day 8 ~ Saturday, September 1, 2012: Whittier to Talkeetna and McKinley Lodge, Denali State Park

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dead trees cloud Anchorage
Turnagain Arm ~ Second highest tide in North America Alaska Railroad Hdqtrs in Anchorage
Knick Arm Wasilla Osprey Nest
Knick Arm Passing by Wasilla ~ No larger image Osprey Nest spared by phone company

McKinley Princess Lodge

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sign at McKinley Lodge Carolyn sign at lodge
Sign at McKinley Lodge Carolyn No larger image
view Anne trail
What we saw Anne on trail ~ Photo by CWS Carolyn on trail

Day 9 ~ Sunday, September 2, 2012: Byers Lake in Denali State Park, travel to Denali Princess Lodge & Denali National Park Flight Seeing

More Byers Lake Photos

Byers Lake Carolyn guide
Byers Lake Carolyn Map hand-drawn by first park superintendent still in use today.
hornet's nest plants lake
Hornet's nest Jumble of plants Byers Lake

Leaving McKinley Princess Lodge & travel to Denali Princess Lodge

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View from McKinley Lodge Clouds on a mountain leaving
Still looking for the mountain Leaving McKinley Lodge
view from bus trees on tundra mountains
Scenes along the highway
cloud on a mountain mountains clouds & mountains

Denali National Park Flight Seeing & Denali Wilderness Lodge

More Flightseeing Photos

Denali Air building take-off rocky mountain
Denali Air ~ Anne on right Just after take-off ~ Photo by CWS Rugged mountain
snow line river more snow
Clouds & snow on the mountains Long-range view ~ Photo by CWS Snow and glacier ~ Photo by CWS
Denali headed back fall color
The Mountain Heading back Fall in Denali

Day 10 ~ Monday, September 3, 2012: Denali National Park Tundra Wilderness Tour

More Tundra Tour Photos

moose threaded river Anne
Moose on the tundra Teklanika River & the Polychrome Mountains Anne ~ Photo by CWS
glacier river Carolyn fall in Denali
Threaded glacier river Carolyn View from overlook ~ Photo by CWS
rainbow overlook for Denali Denali on a clear day
Rainbow over the mountain ~ Larger photo by CWS What we saw: Denali is behind the clouds What we could have seen on a
clear summer day

Day 11 ~ Tuesday, September 4, 2012: Travel Denali to Fairbanks, Discovery Riverboat Tour

More Fairbanks Riverboat Tour Photos

Healy, Alaska Nenana Ice Classic Tripod
Healy Nenana Visitor Center Nenana Ice Classic Tripod
Chena River Ididarod dogs Anne
Chena River Susan Butcher's Dogs Anne taking pictures, as usual ~ Photo by CWS
native costume boat Trading Post
The young native woman is a student at Stanford University Discovery III Discovery Trading Post boat dock and shops

Day 12 ~ Wednesday, September 5, 2012: Fairbanks

After a morning walk, visit to the Museum of the North at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, a brief tour of the city, and lunch at the lodge, we flew from Fairbanks to Anchorage, then to Dallas.

More Fairbanks Photos

Wedgewood sign wagon of glowers flowers
Wedgewood Resort 1919 Ford Model T ~ Sign Flowers everywhere!
Carolyn at beginning of trail trail beaver trail
Beginning of the trail ~ No larger image Trail Beaver trail
School field trip Creamer's Field museum
Kindergarten class field trip ~ No larger image Creamer's Field Univerisity of Alaska Museum of the North
view from museum Jade boulder display in museum
View of the Alaska Range from museum Jade Boulder in museum ~ Sign Polar bear & seals
gold Calypso sculpture flowers
Gold display in museum Calypso ~ Sign Flowers at the museum

Anchorage Airport (September 5) and Flight Home (September 5-6)

View from airport Aanchorage airport
Views from inside the Ted Stephens Airport in Anchorage Clouds somewhere over Tennessee

Day 13 ~ Thursday, September 6: Arrive Charlotte 10:50 AM ~ Thanks to Jane for picking us up at the airport.

After leaving Anchorage 1.5 hours late at 10:00 pm on September 5, we arrived in Dallas at 7:00 am. Our flight to Charlotte was already boarding. However, we landed 5 minutes early in Charlotte and were amazed that our luggage had arrived with us.

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