August 28, 2013 Wednesday Day 52 40 degrees and raining, ahhhh, heated seats in the car are a brilliant invention. Left Denali at 10:30am, on the Parks Highway, headed to Palmer, a little town near Anchorage. Today's drive should be about 215 miles. About one hour into the drive we saw a female moose right on the side of the road. We pulled over to look and she was about 45 feet from us. She was so cool to watch, and I was able to snap some pics with my iPhone...

August 27, 2013 Tuesday Day 51 Rested and hung out at the camper watching several old episodes of Friends. Around 2pm, the weather changed from cloudy and drizzly to sunny blue skies with big white puffy clouds. So we went to Denali National Park, and drove the 15 miles allowed by private vehicles. Saw some moose, dall sheep and a porcupine. We parked by Savage River, and hiked the Savage River Loop Trail. This trail was so beautiful. As we walked along Savage...

August 26, 2013 Monday Day 50 Woke at 5:00am, excited to start our day and get on the 7:15am bus tour through Denali National Park. It was cold, Michael had to scrape ice off our windshield before we could drive. There was a light dusting of new snow on the mountains. They call this "termination dust" because once it first arrives, it signifies the end of summer. Our bus ride through the park was like a treasure hunt. Everyone was on the lookout for wildlife ...

August 25, 2013 Sunday Day 49 We set our alarm to get up at 2am this morning in hopes of seeing the northern lights and we were so excited because they really put on a show. The iPhone pictures don't do it justice, the colors were vibrant - greens, reds, pinks, purples, whites. The lights would suddenly appear very faint then grow and pulsate until they were on fire with color, dancing and swirling in the sky all around and above us. A few fellow campers were o...

August 24, 2013 Saturday Day 48 Farmers Market First stop - Honey Bakery tent for a slice of Bavarian blueberry pie and a slice of chocolate pie, plus some garlic rolls that smell divine - all for later. Next we strolled through all the booths getting a nice supply of healthy fresh Alaskan grown vegetables - to counteract the sweets we purchased at the Bakery tent. There was a guy roasting all types of peppers - banana, serrano, poblano and more, in a big rol...