Trapper Creek, Alaska

We spent 5 days in the Denali area, driving the park every day looking for wildlife.  It was a very relaxing time and we enjoyed it very much.  On Sunday we left the pups at home and went down to Glitter Gulch to see if there was anything we just had to have.  Nothing sparked our interest as they were mostly trinket shops all selling the same thing with different prices.  I did purchase a cross stitch pattern of Denali to do as therapy ;).

We enjoyed the trails in the area.  Near the RV park they had a trail that ran up to a ridge with the river flowing below.  Very scary for someone like me who doesn't like heights.

The pups are ready for a walk

Parts of the trail were a little snow covered, even the pups sank in

The icy river below

Spring may come eventually

We visited the Park on Monday evening around 9:00.  We saw a Ptarmigan that was calling his girlfriend in the meadow....

And Mama Moose and her two wobbly legged babies.  They were real unsure of their footing crossing the road.  We had been watching her in the trees from the road and when she came out of the brush, we saw her babies.  Very Cool!

We enjoyed Denali, but it was time to move on.

The Nenana River on Sunday....

The Nenana on Wednesday..........

With temps in the 70's the ice is melting fast.  Spring should be here shortly.













The drive from Denali to Trapper Creek was beautiful.  The Alaska Range is on the right side of the beast with views of McKinley and the glaciers between the trees.  Spring has arrived in this part of Alaska finally!  I was so happy to see green popping out on the trees.  I swear I could hear spring popping out as we drove along.

We are in Trapper Creek, a town of about 400 people.  There is one RV Park in town and one RV in the park (ours!).  They have 50 amp service, water (hooray!), wifi and a quiet place to spend the next couple of days.  Tomorrow we will take the Talkeetna Spur road to see Talkeetna and probably stop by the brewery there.  The girls in the gas station here say its good.  Friday we are off to Wasilla.  The forecast for the weekend was calling for a 60% chance of rain, but that percentage is going down.  We had to run the air conditioner this afternoon for a little bit.  The weather is perfect, I'll take it over the sub freezing temps any day!