We are in Denali National Park and Preserve. It is a beautiful day and we are up early to take the bus into the park and see some animals. Hopefully. We are ready to look, that's for sure.
On the way in, we saw a black wolf. Our bus driver assured us that was a good sign, since sightings of wolves were rare. It was amazing to see one, just running down the road. but not as exciting as the trip back from the Eielson Visitor center. Craig and I stayed behind to do some hiking around the visitor center. But the ranger hike ended up being 1 mile straight up, so I had to do only half, as I still had to come back down. We still had a nice hike, and the amount of plants on the tundra was amazing. So many small flowers that you just don't see from the road. Tiny and amazing.
But more about Tom, Paula, Rich, Joan and Van's trip back. They happened upon a wolf that had taken a caribou and was gorging on it before returning to the den. So cool to see that on a bus tour. Ask them and they will tell you the story. By the time our bus came by, the kill site was only the end of the caribou and several crows.
We did see this guy and he was just ambling along, not worried about us in the least.
I decided to try on some antlers and boy are they heavy. Craig had to time the photo so I could lift them just at the right time. Bearly made it.
Ha, Ha.
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