Today we went exploring for wildlife on the shuttle bus system run by the park. It took us 5 hours going 35 mph (at best) to get to a place called Wonder Lake, a location perfect for viewing Mt McKinley, when you are lucky enough, she shows some of herself (ie not much)1 out of every 4 days. The early morning started out well with sightings of Dall sheep, moose, caribou and then a grizzly bear off in the distance. We even got a glimpse of the top of Mt McKinley. Something we have picked up on is that it is not very often in the summer months to see McKinley (or local name Denali, meaning "the high one"), as it has its own weather system, and what can be a nice day everywhere else, there
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