Day 7. Big mistake (but maybe bad luck): we drove 4 hours each way in Wrangler/St Elias National Park to McCarthy. It was raining almost non-stop. Ok views but not worth 8 hours on unpaved road. Evening: sauna, lake and sauna again. Maftouls love sauna and have it in their house, I was ok for 10...

  Memorable breakfast: pancakes with a bowl of blueberry/raspberry fresh made jam. We all decided that The Point Lodge was a great place to stay although it added good 90 miles to our driving. Our alternative, Glenallenn, was not attractive at all. Rainy day again. We drove tru Delta Junction...

Hot springs in the morning, rain - and we are driving again. First to Fairbanks where we stopped for food, then to Denali (short film at the visitor center), taiga trail and our B and B in Cantwell. Two girls from Kishinev work there, again work and study program. We shared our supper and a bottle...

The highlight of our trip - 11 hour bus trip through Denali. We were lucky: bright sunny day, beautiful views, 3 bears (far away), caribou, dollsheeps, lynx (very close), marmots, eagle. Even Mt.McKinley, which was hiding all day, appeared very clearly at 3pm. The day ended at our most expensive...

This was our last day. We took a ranger demonstration of sled dogs at 9:30 and walked the rocky creek trail (about 3 miles) back under on and off rain. A lot of blueberries! Last picture at Denali - and we are off to Anchorage. We visited the village of Talkeetna hoping to see McKinley again (all...