Denali State Park to Anchorage

It was very cloudy this morning when we got up and looked as if it would rain any minute. We left Byers Lake Campground this morning at 8:45 after stopping at the dump station to empty our black & gray water tanks and hitch up the car. It started to lightly rain just as we were hitching up the car and it rained until mid-morning.

We saw this float plane (white plane in trees on right of photo) on the shore of Kashwitna Lake just north of the town of Willow.

From Denali State Park to Anchorage

We drove through Wasilla and saw the Mug-Shot Saloon

From Denali State Park to Anchorage

and the 1917 Alaska Railroad Depot that is on the National Register of Historic Places.

From Denali State Park to Anchorage

We drove past the entrance to Fort Richardson and continued on to the Boniface gate to Elmendorf Air Force Base. Elmendorf AFB and Fort Richardson Army base are next to each other and operate as a joint base.

From Denali State Park to Anchorage

From Denali State Park to Anchorage

At the Boniface gate we were given a map of the base and we drove past a housing area, the Shoppette/Gas Station, PX/Commissary on the way to the campground.

We arrived at the campground at noon and stopped to speak with Charlie, the camp host, and he said for us to just pick a site and then register. We parked the RV at the overflow lot and unhitched the car so we could drive around the campground.

After looking at the empty sites, we settled on site #61 and moved the RV there. Mike realized after we parked the RV that we only had 20 amp electric there. We decided to pay just for tonight and then see about moving to another campsite tomorrow.

We filled out the registration form and paid for 1 night and dropped the envelope in the box at the self-registration kiosk.