Wow! I’ve done soooo much since I last posted. We’ve been making our way across Alaska, where most of our stops have limited internet access hence me not posting. It’s taken me a whole day and over 5 attempts to upload these photos!
We left Valdez and headed into Wrangell St Elias national park, probably everyone’s favourite place on the trip. We stayed in a town called McCarthy (year-round population 25-40, depending on who you ask). It is such a cool place, and I think we are really privileged to have stayed there because not many people get to.
I joined in with the weekly softball game (by the way, I was the only person from my group who played)…
Whilst in the national park, I did an amazing glacier walk on crampons…
I went on a tour of the copper mill in Kennecott…
And I also took a flightseeing tour so I could see the glaciers and icefield from above…
Unfortunately, once we arrived in Denali national park the good weather I’ve had for the past three weeks left and we haven’t been able to see much. I was hoping to at least see part of Mt McKinley/Denali, but even the mountains in front of it weren’t visible.
Our eight hours sat on the bus through Denali national park weren’t completely wasted, though. We saw a brown bear, caribou and more moose. So, even though I didn’t get to see the mountain, I’ve ticked off my list all the wildlife that I wanted to.
We’re driving back to Anchorage tomorrow, then I have to fly back to the UK on the weekend 😦 I’ve got lots more photos to share with you all, so keep checking in for further posts.
Lovely Sas! Looking forward to more photos.