September Denali Trip, Part 6

OK, I *promise* this is the last of the Denali Pictures!

As we were driving back, getting artsy shots of the park, we found yet again another group of cars stopped along the road. This stoppage, though, was accompanied by rangers in the middle. Apparently, mama bear and three cubs decided to cross the road right in front of us. As Frank shot out of the car to catch a glimpse, I got this picture of a paw print (apparently this is a normal route for bears):



Frank was fast enough to see the last cub scurry across the road...at like 20 feet!

We also got the chance to see a moose:



Of course for us, we see moose a lot in Anchorage, and have been a lot closer to them, so it wasn't super exciting for us.

So, we were back on the road from there...


...and eventually we got back to the hotel.

By the way, here's a shot of the Denali Princess from our hotel (The Moore's stayed there a few years ago):


In the morning, we got up and headed out. You might think that that's the end of the story, but the fact is that the drive back to Anchorage was incredibly beautiful, eventhough we chickened out of going on the Denali Highway to Glenallen (here's some who did). But the landscape was incredible nonetheless, and we had a lot of fun passing an infinite amount of school buses going back towards Mat-Su.




We made it back to Anchorage in record time. Whew! That's the end of the Denali Pictures!