Sunday, August 19, 2012

Talkeetna & travel to Denali 8-3 & 4-2012

On our way to Fairbanks we stopped @ the little town Talkeetna. We had been told how interesting it was & they have a Cat for their Mayor? We didn’t see the cat. The town is several old buildings with the typical tourist stuff. There is a town center that has a few bands that play for a couple hrs. in the evening. There were a lot of tourists there to enjoy, it had been a nice sunny day. We only spent the afternoon there & one nite. There are also several places there to book flights to see Denali (Mt McKinley)

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Rv. parking in Talkeetna is not easy esp. for a bigger MH.  We were able to find a spot to park on the river for $20 a nite. No hookups. The next Morning it was raining,  we continued our travels up to see Denali. Along the way there’s a pull off that you can stay @ overnight for $10. It’s a spot you can see Denali  from when it decides to come out of the clouds. We didn’t stay the nite. I think next trip we should.  Denali Viewpoint South (Denali State Park) on Parks Hwy A-134.8 

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At this pull off Steve saw these unusual mushrooms. We don’t know what kind they are but had to take pix for our friends that do mushroom hunting. These are too pretty to be edible but who knows?  

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We have arrived and there are a lot of busses around town. Town isn’t much. We decided to stay @ the Rainbow RV park. They had power & water for I think $70 for 2 nites. We stayed there because it was close to the park & there was a young gal that would walk Yoda while we took the trip into the park. You can only go way into the park by their bus. And the trip can take all day depending on how far you want to travel in. 

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Next post will be the sights we saw in the park.

1 comment:

  1. OMG, I think one of the mushrooms,(center) is called Death Angel,! People have died from touching them.

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