This was our three bears room - in Denali.The Mommer Bear, Daddy Bear and the Babe Bear liked this place because it was so roomy and cosy.

We've left the wilderness and it was noticeable when we arrived in Fairbanks yesterday afternoon, the hustle and bustle of a bigger town.   It does make us realise how much we all enjoy the beauty of nature – we all need the tonic of wilderness.Fairbanks is known by the locals to be the Golden Heart City, not only because gold was found in the area, but because Fairbanks is the second largest city in Alaska, in the heart of Alaska which supports the ...

When we arrived back from the park yesterday we did have dinner at the lodge, King and Snow Crab Nacho's, have you ever heard of such a dish?? By the way, a refreshing ice tea is all they drink over here, not complaining - very nice, and it's normally bottomless too.I must say yesterday was a wonderful day, it will be a hard one to top, you can tell how much we enjoyed it with so many photos attached to the blog.   As they say pictures tell a thousand ...

Denali National Park and Preserve is a shining gem in America's national park system, largely unchanged by human beings, a subarctic wilderness. Mt McKinley was simply called "Denali" which means “The Great One”.   At 20,320 feet above sea level, it’s the highest peak in North America, about 60% of mountain climbers make it to the summit.The morning is looking promising, for clear skies and sunshine, it’s an early start at 7am.   ...

Our bags are left at the door, for collection this morning, we love this type of tour, so well organised, we just move onto the next lodge, and our bags show up. And we just get to do our own thing every day. Today was a 2.5 hour bus ride to the Denali Princess Lodge, the bus commentary was one of the best transfers I've ever been on, the information about the park, stories that only the locals know and humour kept the commentary alive.   The lodge is on ...