We came here to Talkeetna to fly around Mount McKinley, 20,320 feet. We were suppose to fly at 8:00AM and after two delays due to poor visibility we flew at 6:30 in the evening. I don't think there are words to tell how amazing the two and a half hour flight was. we flew along the rivers and into the Alaskan Mountain range and when we were over 10,000 feet there was the Mountain in the sun. We flew all around it and got in very close. There were 10 of us in the plane and we had earphones. The pilot gave us lots of information on the different peaks, on climbing, flying, and on the many glaciers we could see. Later we landed on a glacier, over 5000 feet thick with ice. The snow on top though was soft. We got to walk around and spent about a half hour on Ruth Glacier then we flew down the glacier back to the airport. It was the highlight of our trip so far. Just awesome.

This morning at breakfast we sat with two climbers from Vermont and it was fascinating to here them talk about their climb. They made it to about 17,000 feet after two weeks. They said it was tough, carrying 60 pounds for over 20 miles tying not to fall in any crevasses and with half the oxygen they are used to. Does not sound like fun to me! Not my adventure; but wow what a day!