We waited while Ron got gas in his truck and then we all drove down to Denali View North Campground in the Denali State Park. This is a large paved parking lot with spaces for RVs (no hook-ups) with fire pits and picnic tables. There is a camp host there and it costs $10 to camp there.
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| From Cantwell to Denali State Park |
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| From Cantwell to Denali State Park |
We were hoping to be able to see Mt. McKinley from there, but it was too cloudy. We did see this World War II memorial for the crew and passengers who died in a C-47 that crashed on Mt. Deception September 18, 1944.
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| From Cantwell to Denali State Park |
Ron & Cindi had thought about camping there for tonight, but decided to come down to Byers Lake Campground where we are going to stay.
At 11:30 we passed the Alaska Veterans Memorial which was 15 miles south of Denali View North and began to look for the entrance to Byers Lake Campground. The sign was set so far back from the road and partially hidden by bushes, that we didn’t see the sign until we were even with the entrance. Ron & Cindi were ahead of us and they missed the sign, too. Mike called Ron on our CB and told him we had missed the road into the campground.
Ron & Cindi had to drive up the highway until they could find a place to turn around with their 5th wheel. We parked on the side of the road & unhitched the car. Then Mike was able to back up the motorhome down the road far enough so he could turn into the entrance road to the campground.
Byers Lake Campground is a self-registration campground. We drove down to D Loop and began to look for campsites. Ron got in the car with me and we drove around D & C Loops looking for campsites we both could fit in and decided that the 2 we were considering on D Loop were the best fit.
We are in site #6 (a pull-through site) and Ron & Cindi are across from us in site #5 (a back-in site). After getting our RVs set up, Mike & Ron went down to the registration kiosk in our car to pay for our stay here. Ron & Cindi are just staying here for tonight and we will be here for 2 nights. There are no hook-ups here in the campground and the fee is $10 a night. We had driven 63 miles today from Cantwell to Byers Lake.
After dinner Cindi & Ron came over and we spent the evening visiting and playing a game of Mexican Train Dominoes – the long game.
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| From Denali State Park |
We had a great time and didn’t realize that it was after 11 p.m. Since Ron & Cindi are planning on leaving tomorrow morning around 8:30, we called it a night and said goodbye in case Mike & I aren't awake in the morning when they leave.
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