Travelogue 38--Fairbanks, North Pole and Denali Parks, Alaska

July 3 - July 12, 2000



Fairbanks, AK--the 'unofficial' end of the Alaskan Hwy


Flowers flourish under the midnight sun


Northern Inua--Native Alaskan games and dance performance


Ron & Tom at U of Alaska Museum; Mastodon skull w/tusks on wall, mammoth tusks pointing up


Polar display at U of AK Museum; Musk ox at U of AK Large Animal Research Station


Reindeer & caribou at U of AK Large Animal Research Station


Museum quality displays of Athabascan items at Doyon Native Corporation



We made it to North Pole, AK!!


Sod roofed visitor center and food cache


Cute Eskimo couples


Santa is checking his list while his reindeer relax


Alaska Pipeline north of Fairbanks--notice the cooling towers so the permafrost doesn't melt


Denali National Park signs


What Mt. McKinley/Denali looks like on a clear day (from postcards)


Caribou at Savage River in Denali NP


Everyone shares the road at Denali

Alaska Range near Denali; View of the Nenana River behind our boondocking spot


Our boondocking spot on Denali Hwy; Tom on ridge that he & Ron hiked up


Moss Pink on ridge; Bluebell whose flower was bigger than the plant!


Pink flowers on the ridge


Hurricane Gulch, 260 feet deep; Bridge spanning Hurricane Gulch


Alaska Veterans Memorial; Views from Denali State Park


Byers Lake in Denali State Park; Beeman's cabin along the trail in Denali SP

Love from the wanderers as the journey continues...

Kay & Tom


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