I was up early this morning so that I could get what laundry we had done before we entered the land of outrageous washing machine fees once again. Bob was still sleeping when I slipped out with laundry bags and detergent in tow.
We were on the road by ten and headed for Denali. On the way we had to pass through North Pole.
This town takes its name very seriously.
It truly is everything Christmas.
The McDonald's sign pole is decorated in a red and white candy stripe.
Even some of the town's street lights are candy canes.
We passed Santa's Fireworks, Santa's Videos and Games, Santa's Deli, Santa's this and Santa's that.
Here's one welding company that even gets into the spirit of the town's name.
There's lot of water in the way of lakes, streams, ponds and rivers in Alaska.
These roads here must take a real beating in the winter time. Each dark section across the road in the picture below is a repaired frost heave. We saw them just like this, mile after mile after mile.
As usual, we had the road to ourselves all the way to the Denali Motel and RV Park where we'll be for a few days. This park is located 8 miles north of the Denali National Park so we're close to our sightseeing destination for the weekend.
After arriving at the RV park and getting set up we drove to the park to make arrangements for a shuttle bus trip into the park tomorrow and we were lucky enough to get the last two seats for the 9 a.m. shuttle.
Back at the house we made lunches, and got everything ready for the beef stew that will cook in the crockpot all day while we're gone.
This is it for the day. Big sightseeing tomorrow!
Wildlife Count:
2 Black Bears
2 Marmots
4 Moose
and a Dead Porcupine
2 comments:
You are doing a fantastic job catching up!! I am so enjoying the pictures and your journaling.
I can't believe you really were at the North Pole! I thought it was farther north like the Artic.
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