Thursday, June 30, 2011

Denali National Park to Cantwell

We left Teklanika Campground this morning at 9:30 after stopping to take a photo by the entrance to the campground.

From Denali National Park

Mike took photos of the camp host's RV to show their solar panels on the roof of their 5th wheel. They have the solar panels raised and rotate the panels toward the sun as it moves during the day.

From Denali National Park

We passed these shuttle buses on their way west into the park

From Denali National Park

and crossed over the Teklanika River.

From Denali National Park

We stopped at a turnout to walk Tinker.

From Denali National Park

We don't know what animal had marked it's spot, but Tinker was REALLY interested in this large rock.

From Denali National Park

We reached the Savage River Station at 10:20 and were once again driving on pavement.

An hour later we arrived at the Denali Visitor Center where we had left the car parked. We found a place to park the RV where we could hitch up the Vue. We didn't go into the Denali Visitor Center when we left the car here, so we went in to see the wildlife displays.

From Denali National Park

We returned to the RV to fix lunch before leaving. We had just finished eating lunch when we saw a familiar truck & 5th wheel pull into the parking lot at the visitor center. It was our friends Ron & Cindi that we first met in Glacier National Park. It was great to see them and catch up on each other's travels.

From Denali National Park

After saying goodbye to Ron & Cindi, we hitched the car to the RV and left the national park at 1:30. We stopped 1 more time to take a photo and Tinker had to bring his favorite toy, Bear, along. I guess he thought Bear needed to be included in the photo.

From Denali National Park

It was only 27 miles from the entrance to Denali National Park to Cantwell RV Park where we're spending the night. Our total driving distance today was 56 miles.

We arrived at Cantwell RV Park at 2:15. While Mike checked in at the office, I went inside to check out the laundry. We stopped early today so I could catch up on laundry. Our campsite is costing us $25.93 after our Escapees discount.

After getting the RV set up on our site, Mike helped me carry the laundry up to the laundromat which is in the same building as the office & showers. While our clothes were in the washers, Mike & I each took a shower. It was nice to see that the showers were cleaned after each person's shower and not just once a day.


From Denali National Park to Cantwell

Since we needed to empty our black & gray water tanks, we stopped at the dump station before going on to our campsite. We are in site #69, a pull-through, with water & 30 amp electric. The rv park is a large gravel parking lot with rv hook-ups.

From Denali National Park to Cantwell

The campground has wi-fi, but the signal is weak. I tried using our Verizon broadband, but the connection is so slow I'm not able to update our blog or upload our photos. I'll just have to catch up when our connection is better.

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