What could that be lurking in the background? Okay these two photos with the 28 mentioned in a couple of postings only make 30 pictures total! 

Could that be Mt McKinley? WOW! 

PICTURES

Just want everyone to know that there should be 28 pictures! Hope y'all enjoy looking at them at least half as much as we enjoyed taking them.
Love Y'all Bunche-----Reg & Darla

Denali NP Drive 16APR05 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, REG!!!

This was a wonderful day drive. We went to Healy, which is a small town 11 miles from the Denali Park entrance, and spent the night at Nord Haven Motel. It was a really nice little motel. There were only 3 or four rooms being used. The only problem is that in AK hotels/motels there usually isn't any loud air system that is on to drown out the noise made by guests. I wish, since there were only a minimal amount of occupants, they would have put no one on the 2nd floor, or ALL of us on the 2nd floor.Back to the Park...since it was Reg's birthday, we were on a mission to find Dall Sheep! He's been wanting to see one so badly! We did spot 4 or 5 of them high on some rocks. We watched them til they disappeared over the mountain. We also saw white (winter plumage) ptarmigan, 2 male moose, and a rodent that was similar to a small prairie dog. We also spotted a mom and her calf outside of Fairbanks as we were headed home. Reg spotted the baby first. We pulled over to watch it and take pictures. That put us between the mom and her baby. UH-OH! Thanks goodness we were in the Xterra! As soon as we drove up a little, the mom headed across the highway to be with the calf. We did turn around and get some pictures of them together which they kindly posed for.

Reg at the end of our drive in Denali NP. 

Nenana Ice Classic: Hurry and get ready to fall already! 

His little hands mark the spot!!! 

Ptarmigan still dressed for winter! Look at his cute feathery legs. Looks like he has on mukluks. 

This is one of the male moose we saw in Denali NP. 

This is the weirdest phenomenom: if there is something setting on top of some snow, everything around it melt...just not the snow that the "trash" is on! 

Eating and not worrying about us. 

Mom looks happy now! Calf seemed oblivious to anything being amiss! 

She just stood there waiting for us to leave. As soon as we drove up a little bit, she hurried across the highway to be with her calf! 

Momma moose just noticed us. Her calf is on the other side of our truck! 

I'm putting this one because I think it's so cool how Reg does this. He holds the camera to the back of his binoculars and takes the picture. It works and many times turns out so clear! OH YEAH! That's a moose, in case you couldn't tell. 

Look how the snow is melting that has been graded. It makes for some strange viewing. Nice lone tree though, huh? 

Darla busy taking pictures. 

Outhouse with the best view in the whole world! Must be nice to live in Denali NP! 

Solid glassy ice creek 

Cool snow sculpture. I think it's neat how the snow is melting and leaving heavy snow sitting on thin spindles of ice. 

Pinecones 

Pine tree at rest area at end of drive. 

My truck was loving the area! 

Ghost-like Mt McKinley 

Just a hint of Mt McKinley over Reg's left shoulder. 

Darla with Mt McKinley over her left shoulder. Also, notice she's wearing her B.O.W. shirt that she won at the International B.O.W. in Minnesoto in '01 

Reg with Mt McKinley over his right shoulder.