Coming into Denali National Park began with this amazing sight of mountains with shadows of clouds over them...what an amazing sight! The tour guide and the bus driver were so excited because the park was glowing with fire weed red, yellows and greens. We went through the visitor center, had a quick lunch of caribou stew and off we went for a guided tour of the park. There are no businesses in the park. It is pristine with the beauty of nature, wild animals and the great respect of the rangers that make rounds through the park, patrolling and protecting the intent that this park stay in it's most natural environment. Our tour guide loved the nature, the beauty, the quiet, and the vision to keep this park as it wa intended for generations to come.
We came to a rangers cabin that they use when they are out patrolling the park. There are parts of the park that only the park buses are allowed in. When you come into the park to camp you have to check in with the park officials and they will drop you off in the area you intend to hike and camp. They ask you not to come out the way you go in as they do not to make any human trails through the park.
They even have houses for the dogs who pull the sleds for winter patrolling. There are no "snow machines" allowed in the park. In the winter the dogs sleep in the house, in the summer they sleep on top of the roof to keep cool.
I had no idea what a "braided river" was until we crossed this one in the park. In Talkeetna we took the jet boat over the river because it was where 3 braided rivers met. This shows a braided river...one that has not specific water bed...it depends on the amount of the water...and will change directions as the soil in the bed moves.
Here you can see some of the caribou that we saw feeding on the hillside.
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