This morning we could see just a glimpse of the bottom of Mt. Denali from the deck of the lodge. I was way more excited than I should have been, but it is most often completely obscured by clouds.
The first half of today was free time while we waited for the coach to Mt. McKinley Princess Wilderness Lodge at 1:45pm. After eating breakfast at Sourdough Breakfast Buffet, we took the shuttle over to the Denali National Park Visitor Center. Our driver Bruce explained to us how to tell the difference between black and white spruce trees, which are prevalent in the park. The black have cones in the top and white have no cones. This stuck out to me, because Kate and Sara had been wondering how to tell the difference the day before.
After eating breakfast one last time at Edgewater, we boarded a coach at Fairbanks Princess Lodge and headed toward Denali Princess Wilderness Lodge just outside of Denali National Park.
This morning we had a nice breakfast in the Edgewater restaurant at the lodge before heading out on our tours. I had noticed on Monday night that there were these big chandeliers throughout the restaurant with bear heads on them.
Well, our two-week, land and sea vacation in Alaska is finally here. Today was a travel day with flights from Nashville to Seattle and Seattle to Fairbanks, Alaska. This took a bit over seven hours total and covered approximately 3,500 miles.
