MONDAY & TUESDAY, AUG 19 & 20

MONDAY & TUESDAY, AUG 19 & 20:    

     Rain, rain, rain!  All day both days. 

     On Monday, Bill took the truck in to town to get the oil changed.  A lazy day for me – reading, napping, researching on line for next leg(s) of our trip.

     Tuesday we drove up the Parks Hwy to Denali Nat’l Park.  On clear days, you can have some great views of Mt. McKinley (or simply “Denali”) from this road.  But not today!  Actually, I read in several places that on any given day, there’s only about a 30% chance of seeing The Great One (as it’s also called – what’s what “Denali” means in the Native language).  The rest of the time, it’s hidden behind clouds/fog/rain.  We’ll hope for the best!

     Even though the trip was only about 220 miles, it took well over 5 hours.  Where they were doing what they euphemistically call “repairs” here was horrible – almost as bad as the Alcan.

     Found our RV park without any trouble.  In a pretty place – backs up to a mountain range.  And laid out so that it feels like a park.  We’ll see it better tomorrow if it clears up!  All of the other private ones in the area sounded like dumps – crowded, not maintained, noisy.  And the campgrounds inside the National Park sound lovely, as they usually are, but no hook-up’s.  We can’t dry camp for 4 or 5 days, even if we wanted to – the battery would give out, etc.

     Tomorrow we’ll head into the Natl Park and get oriented.