We're still alive! We've survived the wilderness!
In Fairbanks we went to the University of Alaska and visited their museum. The building looks like an ice burg or the northern lights. Inside the museum was history of Alaska. Very interesting! The we went to Pioneer Park. There we went into a building where it was 40 below. I have enclosed a picture of us. We got to throw a cup of hot water into the air and watched it freeze before it hit the ground. Then we headed for Denali. Beautiful ride. Once we arrived into Denali we had to travel 1hour and 20 minutes into the park to our site. We saw the biggest moose ever! We stayed at a site with no electricity or water. Almost like real camping. It was very cold and I slept with a hat and mittens on. The next day we took a 11 hour round trip bus into the park. It was scary( to mom the girls said,again) The road was very narrow and winds around very high cliffs. (auntie shell would hate this)! We were lucky to see some incrediable scenery and animals. We saw grizzly bears, moose, caribou, golden eagles, dall sheep, cute ground squirrels, snow hares, trumpet swan, beaver, and other ducks and birds. We couldn't see Mt. McKinley because it was cloudy and drizzling. We even saw beautiful rainbows. Look at some of our pictures, could you tell that some were taken at 10pm. The one of Mike and his shadow was at around 10:30pm.
Today we drove to Wasilla, didn't see Sarah Palin! We did meet Ray Redington Jr and his father at the Iditarod Headquaters. It was a wonderful experience. Olivia has been following Ray Redington since she had to do a project in school on him 3 years ago. We contacted him prior to our visit. He was so generous. He met us at the headquaters and gave us a tour, sled ride with the dogs, played with some cute puppies and got autographs. Great day! Afterwards we traveled to Palmer and we are staying in a campground. Our neighbors are a great couple traveling from Germany. It was fun for all of us to learn about each other. We have met many nice people.
In the morning we have to return the RV. We really enjoyed having it. We will pick up a rental car for the day in Anchorage tomorrow. The next morning we will take the train to Seward. We will be staying at a beautiful Sheraton in Anchorage tomorrow, which means long, hot showers. Yipee! Hope you enjoy our pictures.
9 comments:
Wow! Bears! That's great!! Nancy and I saw two fawns yesterday. It was a thrill.
The weather here is still overcast.
John D.
What a great opportunity to explore Alaska. Your movie was funny. I wish I could snuggle with the dogs too. What was the "spider-thing" in one of your recent pictures. The mountains are beautiful -- the picture with the rainbow is particularly striking. Look forward to seeing and reading more about your trip.
Kendall and his family
Hi Mrs. Doucette!
I loved the pictures of your daughters holding the puppies. Alaska looks very cold. Talk to you soon.
Shannon Z.
i miss you guys! uncle mike, auntie brenda, alex and livy i wish you would come back!
love, ella
hi, guys, loved the pictures. Especially the one of the girls with the puppies. Not enough pictures of Brenda.It,s raining and thundering here now,so we'll say bye, love gramma and grampa
Hi Guys,
Looks like your having a great time. Enjoy those hot showers. Wonderful pictures!
Fran
Hello Doucettes!
We love the picture of Alex and Olivia with the puppies. Did you sneak one into the camper to bring home? The rainbow was beautiful too. We've been having a thunderstorm here all day long. The frogs are doing great! Can't wait to see more pictures when you get back.
love, Marissa & her mom
In the picture closest to the words with all the brown is the line the road?
One of the bears looks like he is smiling. :) That will make a great picture on a card. Most of these will.
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