Still in Tangle River we had breakfast this morning as we watched the clouds lift to reveal the reflection of the surrounding mountains on the rippling lake. Fishermen could be seen readying themselves at the water's edge for their day's activity. Graeme was given responsibility of the driving for the day with two basic instructions from the navigator - drive 20 miles turn right then drive 188 miles turn left. He accomplished this with some extra pull offs into ...

Leaving Fairbanks today to travel to Tangle River. We are traversing the Richardson Highway. More magnificent but entirely unexpected scenery. Across the tundra plains the Alaskan Ranges came into view. Snowcapped peaks dominated the horizon while in one section, named the Rainbow Range, shale avalanche areas bordering the edge of the road made an impressive sight. Other places of interest we stopped at were the Knotty Shop in Salcha and North Pole where we visit...

On the road again. The trip from Carlo Creek to Fairbanks was a fairly uneventful trip up the highway stopping only for morning tea in a "pull out" . The scenery was much the same as previous days with the exception of some very deep river ravines. Unfortunately photo opportunities were limited by some inclement weather. We made a diversion off the highway into a town called Nenana. To say we were approaching Hillbilly country might have been a slight exaggeratio...

Clear skies greeted us as we began our bear spotting adventure into Denali National Park, a wildlife reserve of some 6 miilion square acres. However our adventure came to an abrupt halt about half an hour in when the brakes on our bus failed requiring us to wait for a change of bus to arrive. We did some walking around the site where we had pulled in but the very cool temperature and biting wind made it more acceptable to wait on the bus. Once underway our initia...

After a quick morning stroll around Talkeetna in the rain we headed north towards Carlo Creek, a spot not far from Denali Park. We stopped at Cantwell for lunch. Luckily we chose the right place to eat as upon further inspection the other venues were less than acceptable. Fortunately these clouds cleared enough for us to see the snow, those beautifully covered mountains were truly spectacular. The view was also assisted by the fact that the vegetation had change...