July 4th, we spent eight hours in Denali National Park. We took the green school bus, the only way you can see the Park, in 66 miles to the Eielson Visitor center. Our bus driver would stop whenever anyone saw an animal and we saw a lot. Caribou, golden eagles, arctic ground squirrels, Dall's sheep and a red fox that we watched trot down a ridge towards our bus and cross behind it.
The highlight was three sightings of grizzly bears. One, a mother and two cubs was right near the road. We watched them eating for quite a while, then one of the cubs decided to eat where the mother was and she got mad and cuffed the cub who made quite a noise in protest. It was just great to see it so close. And of course the scenery was beautiful.


Today we drove into Fairbanks and went to the museum at the Fairbanks University then we headed back south to Tok. On the way we saw a moose having lunch in a pond right next to the road.

This is our last night in Alaska. Tomorrow we head into the Yukon and then down into the Canadian Rockies. Hard to believe that we have been in Alaska over a month. What an adventure.