Glorious mountains in the sun

[glacier_kitty]

Today we drove to Denali. We went to the winter visitor's center and asked the person there if we could drive into the park..she said only 3 miles cause it had snowed. I got a map and was asking about the glaciers arount Mt. McKinley and if there were any we could see by car. She said no but she said there was a guy who did flightseeing tours in Cantwell (not far from Denali). She gave me his number and I called him and he said he could do one that afternoon!! I let mom talk to him and then it was off to Cantwell! I was ecstatic! Driving through the Alaska Range to Denali was cloudy but in Cantwell it was sunny! There was a GREAT view of McKinley. We so got lucky haha. We found the guy's house (I guess it's his own business) and soon we were flying over the mountains...OMG it was AMAZING. It was GORGEOUS. Mom and the pilot saw sheep but I didn't see them (I actually found out about it after we landed :P). OMG we got really close to McKinley!! I saw the wind blowing snow off the top of it! There are like a billion glaciers coming off McKinley too haha. When we were coming back the pilot flew low so we could look for wildlife. We saw a group of moose! I think it may have been a bull moose with his harem of cows lmao. The pilot flipped the plane to the side so we could go back around and I looked outside and it made me dizzy haha. Then we landed and the pilot showed us a map and the route we followed. Then we drove home and I saw one of the most awesome sunsets I've ever seen (plus I could still see McKinley). Wowww! Haha. I'll post my pics too

Last night mom and I looked out the window and there was an inch of snow on the ground! We went out at like midnight and threw snow at each other ;)



Bridge over the Tanana River in Nenana haha











McKinley is on the right



The plane we flew on (it was a Cessna). In the mountains I could see my breath in the plane haha





A glacier



A glacier?

The Eldridge Glacier?

Buckskin Glacier..or Ruth Glacier



McKinley! (How the heck do people climb that?)




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Doesn't it look like someone got a huge tractor or something and drove on the glacier? Haha

This one may be Kahiltna Glacier..though I may be switching it with Eldridge Glacier (aaah!)











Moose!






Pic of the day:

There was a really strong storm in 2004 that caused rather bad damage. Talk about strong wind..


Today's stupidest quote: When she fainted, her eyes rolled around the room (actual comment written by a doctor on a patient's chart)

Comments

[thekelaal.livejournal.com]

Those mountains are so pretty!

[foxydanish.livejournal.com]

That is so picturesque!! That's awesome that you got such a great view of Mt. McKinley! And the moose! Heehee. I bet my dad would totally love to have a tour business like that...anything that involves flying would make him happy haha. I so very much enjoyed the pics! It looked like it was a beautiful day to see the mountains and everything. :)