Blogs from Denali, Alaska, United States, North America - page 5

Took the train to Denali en route to the Arctic. Gorgeous unspoiled terrain. No roads (except one, closed to private vehicles), no condos, no crap to obscure the scenery.... read more

This morning we break camp at Fox Run Campground, and head north about 200 miles to Denali and the Denali National Park. We found two spaces at the Denali Rainbow Village and RV Park in downtown Denali. We were backed into the rear side of the stores that lined the main drag of Denali, and were so close together you could hear the neighbors sneeze, but it was convenient to downtown shopping. Faith and Marcus went for a walk window shopping while I cooked a supper of country fried steak, rice, gravy, and green beans. Not much to do after eating seeing as it has turned rather cool and has started a light rain. Today, Monday, Faith and Marcus drove about 15 miles into Denali National Park, which is as for as you can take ... read more

Hi Everyone, Well we made it to Prudhoe bay! it was a 238km ride north from our campground at Galbraith and wrist slittingly boring on that stretch of road. Deadhorse/Prudhoe looks like it belongs on the moon by the way and the wind blows dust devils through the area something fierce if you're on a bike. Anyway, after a $15 lunch at the Prudhoe Bay hotel we headed south and camped at Coldfoot for the night. At last we got to have a warm shower and bathrooms again! We slept like logs too after the mammoth day (630kms of dirt mixed with pavement) and headed south toward Fairbanks. My concern was the ever growing "ticking" noise that is now coming from the left hand cylinder of my bike (I think it's excessive endplay in the inlet ... read more

Temps - in 50s during the day and 40s at night. We headed out in the rain today towards Healy, AK. Had to stop for Jack's "Wal-Mart fix" before really hitting the road :-). We fueled up for what was a very boring ride in the rain and low overcast. Not a lot to see except low, very low clouds until we get close to Denali and then the views of the mountains were pretty. While at Wal-Mart we found that the Denali Rainbow RV Park was the only one with full hookups that had openings so that is where we are going. Got to the park, the views of the area around the RV park is really great, but would only recommend this park if full hookup was really necessary!! The park is a gravel ... read more

We got an awesome RV! It’s actually pretty big. Jaden and I get to sleep over the driver’s seat. Blaze sleeps on the pull-out coach. It’s really hard to sleep because it stays light for a really long time. People say that it will get dark at some point of day. So our dad tried to stay up until it gets dark but, he couldn’t stay awake past 11:30. When its 11:30 in Alaska it is 1:30am in Colorado. But even at 11:30 Alaska time, it was still light as day. So we don’t believe that it gets dark in the summer in Alaska. Alaska is 2 hours behind Colorado time. In the winter in Alaska it’s never really light. It’s only dim at noon. All the rest of the day it is pitch black. We ... read more