Day 4: Day of dust, grime and wild animals

Today was the day we took tours in search of wildlife and we saw some pretty exotic animals not native to this area.

But we also saw some other animals more native to this area.
We started with the basic moose.

Then we moved on to the state bird of Alaska, the willow ptarmigan.

Then we had our big siting of the day.

Then our more numerous sitings of caribou and dall sheep.

Needless to say to see all these animals required both time, and going back deep into Denali Park, which was a very dusty dirt road on a bus with no air conditioning.

Once again we had beautiful weather. Beautiful enough that we were elevated to the 30% of the population that have the opportunity to see Mt McKinley.

I would like to say that Mt McKinley was the dominate peak in the foreground, but not so. It's there behind that peak. You sort of had to be there to really see it.

Then we moved on to our next tours which were even dustier and grimier. We split into three groups. JW and I chose the Jeep Deep Country Safari. We had a incredible time driving on a path that made the Montrose turnpike in Bradford County seem like an interstate highway. But more on that tomorrow when I can get some more photos of the different tours.