Today, we spent the day at Denali National Park & Preserve...
First, we visited with and learned about the park's sled dogs...
Then, we explored the visitors center...
where I saw a MOOSE!
Just kidding... Two things about THIS moose...
1- This is not even close to cutting it on my moose quest, but that right there is what I want to see crossing the road sooo badly... Seriously, what is my problem? I'm going to have to go to therapy over a moose, or lack of a moose...ha!
2 - It's made out of resin. Believe me, my fear of taxidermied animals is still in full effect, and if there is any reason that I should be in therapy, that's probably probably it. More on that later...
Lastly, the kids all earned their Junior Ranger Badges, which were extra special this time around, as Denali is celebrating 100 years. 100 years = a special wooden badge!
We grabbed a late lunch/early dinner at 49th State Brewing Company...
While I was in the restroom with the girls, we were seated...right underneath a ginormous stuffed MOOSE head... Seriously, I can't even... I've been terrified of stuffed, dead animals for as long as I can remember... I think it traces back to the public library in tiny little Washington, GA, the Mary Willis Library...actually a very historic place, beautiful red brick with a Tiffany window, and the first free public library in Georgia, I believe... Anyway, there was a HUGE mangy looking moose head in there and I remember thinking it was so scary and that it was going to fall on my head when I was in the aisles looking for books, except that it wasn't in the children's area, it was in another room, but it was huge, maybe in part because I was little, but man, that ruined me for life!
Anyway, back to today and my moose issues... So, we had to be reseated...seriously...end of story... I could not eat food under a moose head...ewww...
Thankful that the extent of my husband's interest in "hunting" is centered around the beach and seafood - crabs, flounder, shrimp, etc... That, I can handle...
So, while we were waiting to be reseated, NOT near a moose, or any other dead things, we played horseshoes...
After our meal, we headed on into Fairbanks and made a stop at the University of Alaska at Fairbanks, one of the most northern colleges in the USA that you can get to by road, if not THE most, which is celebrating 100 years!
{by the way, it's about 11:00 at night in this pic - love the long days of light!}
Gooo Nanooks!
More adventuring on tap for tomorrow!
First, we visited with and learned about the park's sled dogs...
They are fast!
Then, we explored the visitors center...
where I saw a MOOSE!
Just kidding... Two things about THIS moose...
1- This is not even close to cutting it on my moose quest, but that right there is what I want to see crossing the road sooo badly... Seriously, what is my problem? I'm going to have to go to therapy over a moose, or lack of a moose...ha!
2 - It's made out of resin. Believe me, my fear of taxidermied animals is still in full effect, and if there is any reason that I should be in therapy, that's probably probably it. More on that later...
Then, we walked a couple of small trails in search of that big old mountain, to no avail...too many clouds... BUT, we had fun looking for it, and expending some energy...
Lastly, the kids all earned their Junior Ranger Badges, which were extra special this time around, as Denali is celebrating 100 years. 100 years = a special wooden badge!
We grabbed a late lunch/early dinner at 49th State Brewing Company...
While I was in the restroom with the girls, we were seated...right underneath a ginormous stuffed MOOSE head... Seriously, I can't even... I've been terrified of stuffed, dead animals for as long as I can remember... I think it traces back to the public library in tiny little Washington, GA, the Mary Willis Library...actually a very historic place, beautiful red brick with a Tiffany window, and the first free public library in Georgia, I believe... Anyway, there was a HUGE mangy looking moose head in there and I remember thinking it was so scary and that it was going to fall on my head when I was in the aisles looking for books, except that it wasn't in the children's area, it was in another room, but it was huge, maybe in part because I was little, but man, that ruined me for life!
Anyway, back to today and my moose issues... So, we had to be reseated...seriously...end of story... I could not eat food under a moose head...ewww...
Thankful that the extent of my husband's interest in "hunting" is centered around the beach and seafood - crabs, flounder, shrimp, etc... That, I can handle...
So, while we were waiting to be reseated, NOT near a moose, or any other dead things, we played horseshoes...
After our meal, we headed on into Fairbanks and made a stop at the University of Alaska at Fairbanks, one of the most northern colleges in the USA that you can get to by road, if not THE most, which is celebrating 100 years!
Gooo Nanooks!
More adventuring on tap for tomorrow!
More {Road Trip} 2017 Fun
Day Ten - Into the Arctic
Day Eleven - JUNEAU
Days Twelve & Thirteen - Driving for Days
Day Fourteen - Hello, Seattle!
Day Fifteen - A Couple of Capital Cities with Capitol Steps to Climb
Day Sixteen - Out and About in the Portland Area
Day Seventeen - Idaho
Day Eighteen - Utah, and a Goodbye
Day Nineteen - From the Mountains to the Plains
Day Twenty - Canvasing Kansas
Day Twenty-One - Good Bye, Kansas + Hello, Missouri!
Day Twenty-Two - Finishing Up Truman's Missouri
Day Twenty-Three - Kicking It Through Kentucky and HOME!
Day Eleven - JUNEAU
Days Twelve & Thirteen - Driving for Days
Day Fourteen - Hello, Seattle!
Day Fifteen - A Couple of Capital Cities with Capitol Steps to Climb
Day Sixteen - Out and About in the Portland Area
Day Seventeen - Idaho
Day Eighteen - Utah, and a Goodbye
Day Nineteen - From the Mountains to the Plains
Day Twenty - Canvasing Kansas
Day Twenty-One - Good Bye, Kansas + Hello, Missouri!
Day Twenty-Two - Finishing Up Truman's Missouri
Day Twenty-Three - Kicking It Through Kentucky and HOME!
