Park Interpreter

At the Wonder Lake campground, we listened to an interpretive program about the history of Kantishna, an old gold rush town at "the end of the road" in the park (mile 94). Kantishna is just 9 miles beyond Wonder Lake. We learned about the independent female miner named Fanny who left her abusive husband for the gold rush in the early 1900s, and who was revered for her blueberry pies. She made the crust with lard rendered from bear fat.

"The High One"

July 8th 2010
Geo: 63.5253, -150.958It doesn't always rain on us after all! The morning we woke up to catch the bus into Denali National Park, there wasn't a cloud in the sky. Sean and I kept pinching ourselves, asking, "Is this really happening—to US?" (Some of you may remember the torrential, unprecedented rainfall we experienced in New Zealand… Or the rain in Glacier Natio ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more

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