ben and i road part of the denali national park road and it was amazing, one of a dozen favorite alaska trips. this national park does not allow cars on the 90 mile dirt road into the wilderness. only 2 bikes per camper bus which drops backpackers off at specific quadrants. the bus ride started out very entertaining with a crazy bus driver and monte the country singer on the drive in. we took the bus to polychrome pass, 46 miles and started our ride out at 8pm. ed and julie took the bus to fish creek 64 miles in, but we did not see them until the campground at 1:30 am!
this is the start, a screaming down hill past caribou, moose and a grizzly bear with a cub.
i stayed behind to get this great perspective, it is still hard to tell the drop off was very steep and about 1,000 feet. it seemed safer on the bike then on those buses.
sable pass area. even though all big mountains(denali 20,500ft, foraker ect.) were covered in the clouds it was still beautiful.
another sable pass area.
ben fixing his seat up our last climb to descend to savage river. next time maybe we will ride all 90 miles. i was so excited to do this ride on a friday after dialysis and ride thru the night. i am already dreaming up our next adventure to Gaulkona glacier next weekend!
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