Apart from the wildlife, the scenery in Alaska is just amazing! It reminds us a lot of New Zealand with its mountains, lakes and forests. On a totally different scale of course but it has a similar feel about it. We loved New Zealand probably more than anywhere else we have been and we love Alaska too! It's just so
wild and remote and totally captivating. Admittedly it may not be so attractive in the depths of Winter when there is a ton of snow everywhere and only about 5 hours of daylight though(!) We went back to Denali on our last day and followed some hiking trails in the area where we spotted lots of the smaller wildlife mentioned in our last blog. I was kind of hoping we might catch a closer sight of another Grizzly, althou
gh being as we were on foot this time not in a bus, maybe that wouldn't have been such a good idea! Soon it was time to get back in our trusty Chevy and take the long road back to Anchorage. It was my first time driving on the other side of the road on this trip but, being as once out of town it was just one straight road for over 200 miles there a
nd back, it wasn't too much trouble! We passed beautiful lakes and forests and about halfway home we got a good view of Mount McKinley, North America's highest mountain. It's covered with clouds a
lot of the time but on the day we were driving back to Anchorage the sky was a cloudless blue which was perfect! We also stopped off at the little town of Talkeetna, the place
on which the TV Series 'Northern Exposure' was based on. Its a cute little town with most of the buildings, shops, cafes etc being individual log cabins. You can see myself and CK standing in the middle of the downtown area by the general store and
by the town sign! Alaska made a big impression on us and we didn't feel like we were in the US at all but some other country! One thing we didn't get to see though, mainly because it was the wrong time of year, was the Northern Lights (Auro
ra Borealis) that you can see in a lot of northern skies in different parts of the world but which are particularly spectacular in parts of Alaska. The photo is courtesy of the website destination360.com and that is exactly what I would like to come back and see one day! So I guess that's a good enough excuse to put Alaska back on my travel list again in the not too distant future! Alaska is truely awesome!
Apart from the wildlife, the scenery in Alaska is just amazing! It reminds us a lot of New Zealand with its mountains, lakes and forests. On a totally different scale of course but it has a similar feel about it. We loved New Zealand probably more than anywhere else we have been and we love Alaska too! It's just so
wild and remote and totally captivating. Admittedly it may not be so attractive in the depths of Winter when there is a ton of snow everywhere and only about 5 hours of daylight though(!) We went back to Denali on our last day and followed some hiking trails in the area where we spotted lots of the smaller wildlife mentioned in our last blog. I was kind of hoping we might catch a closer sight of another Grizzly, althou
gh being as we were on foot this time not in a bus, maybe that wouldn't have been such a good idea! Soon it was time to get back in our trusty Chevy and take the long road back to Anchorage. It was my first time driving on the other side of the road on this trip but, being as once out of town it was just one straight road for over 200 miles there a
nd back, it wasn't too much trouble! We passed beautiful lakes and forests and about halfway home we got a good view of Mount McKinley, North America's highest mountain. It's covered with clouds a
lot of the time but on the day we were driving back to Anchorage the sky was a cloudless blue which was perfect! We also stopped off at the little town of Talkeetna, the place 
on which the TV Series 'Northern Exposure' was based on. Its a cute little town with most of the buildings, shops, cafes etc being individual log cabins. You can see myself and CK standing in the middle of the downtown area by the general store and 
by the town sign! Alaska made a big impression on us and we didn't feel like we were in the US at all but some other country! One thing we didn't get to see though, mainly because it was the wrong time of year, was the Northern Lights (Auro
ra Borealis) that you can see in a lot of northern skies in different parts of the world but which are particularly spectacular in parts of Alaska. The photo is courtesy of the website destination360.com and that is exactly what I would like to come back and see one day! So I guess that's a good enough excuse to put Alaska back on my travel list again in the not too distant future! Alaska is truely awesome!
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wow!!! What an amazing picture... Sare x x (Even scruffy is impressed!) x
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