After doing a little gold panning in Fairbanks (found a little bit) we drove down to Denali National Park to see Mt McKinley/Denali. There seems to be some controversy over what to call the mountain. Officially its called Denali by those that live here but its still Mt McKinley on maps. We were very lucky to actually see the top of the mountain. Most of the time its in cloud cover but its been unusually dry and sunny so we got to see it. We saw this moose browsing right alongside the road -- didn't much care about the cars and buses going by or stopping to gawk. We drove the 15 miles into the park you can drive in your own vehicle. We saw caribou and a wolf and got to walk on some tundra.
We left Denali and headed to Wasilla. There was a big wildfire that burned along the highway (the only road south to Wasilla) and when we went through we had to be escorted by a pilot car. You could see where the fire had burned right up to the road and then jumped the road. There were still spots smoldering. There is a burning ban in most of Alaska and they have banned fireworks as well as the selling of them throughout the state.
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