
Here's a photo of Savage Rock from the parking lot

Here's a shot looking down while hiking

We saw several families of ptarmigans. Got lots of pic of both babies and moms. The adult ptarmigan is about the size of a partridge.


The snowshoe hare has been too fast for me too, up until today. Their back feet are huge and white.

After climbing Savage Rock we hiked around the river trail. I think that said about a mile. It was so peaceful with the water rushing past us and the birds in the grasses around us. We did climb a few more bluffs along the way that looked interesting and really wore ourselves out. We hiked for a total of 3 hours. We weren't sore, but my feet felt like lead. Love, love, love it.
And did I fail to mention that we were in the 20% group? We were privileged to see Mt. Mckinley!! It is usually so high that it is covered in clouds. We saw it all day. There were so many pictures to choose from - we took a ton of the mountain because we weren't sure we'd see it again.

We did see a huge moose today too, but a bus drove in front of us and we missed the shot. We're turning in early tonight so we can catch an early bus in the morning for Eielson. Six a.m. - I thought we were on vacation? Looking forward to seeing lots of animals.
3 comments:
That bird is gorgeous!! And I'm glad you caught up with the hare ;)
It sure is so very beautiful. It also sounds like you guys are having a great time. Your wild life pictures look like they are from a book or something. Just beautiful.
Gosh, everytime I read your blog I'm more amazed at the beauty you guys are discovering. What great memories you guys are going to have of this vacation.
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