The Fitz Report

Hello from Denali . This is a small unique town with beautiful mountain scenery, these mountains have less pine trees and more bushes. The buildings are made to look like log cabins but they all look new and like there were built around the same time. The grassless RV park backs up to the back of a strip of cabins(stores) that cater to the tourists, souveniers, river rafting rides, hot dogs , ice cream and local art etc. We found that one of the stores here had good prices as compared to all the ones in previous towns and the others here. So we bought more they we should have. Across the street is the larger log buildings which are the hotels. So far we have only seen 2 small grocery stores. The town is too small for a wal-mart or any chain stores but they did have a subway inside one the log cabins. Later today we will be taking a bus tour of the state park, it is a all day tour so we have packed a lunch and will take the cameras. We are hoping to see Mt McKinley and some wildlife since we have not see many animals since we have left Yellowstone. I keep hearing about Moose and Caribu but have not seen any yet. Except the captive reindeer at the North Pole which Rich got a picture of.

We made a stop along the road to here at Nenana which is a cute rustic historic town which only takes a short while to see it all. It has a cute Train station and a river at one end of town and of course mountains all around. The ride from Fairbanks to Denali is short so we got here early Monday afternoon. We will be leaving Wednesday morning. The weather has been nice every since we left Canada. It has been warmer in Alaska.

Time to get ready for our day long tour I will let you know how it went on my next post.

Moe