Brave Mountaineer Conquers McKinley!

September 14

Denali, AK

...Okay, so it wasn't Mt. McKinley but I climbed it just the same.

The Interior

September 13
Denali Highway, AK

I took a trip up north into the interior of Alaska last week driving up through Anchorage, up the Glen and Richardson Hwys, and then across the 135 mile mostly gravel Denali Hwy, stopping halfway across at the Alpine Creek Lodge. I spent a week here working on framing up some rooms and putting up pine boards in the top floor of the lodge. On Sunday Kyle, an employee, and myself made a run up to Fairbanks to pick up some lumber. When you live in remote AK sometimes you have to travel four and a half hours one way to the nearest city to shop and get supplies. It was a scenic drive. Monday night I got to see the northern lights for the first time, but was unsuccessful in trying to photograph them. Today I hiked up to the alpine tundra and saw some caribou and ptarmigan. Tomorrow I plan on heading over to Denali Park and hopefully it will be clear and I can see Mt. McKinley.