{"id":435,"date":"2015-07-28T08:58:24","date_gmt":"2015-07-28T15:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/barneymc.com\/?p=435"},"modified":"2015-07-28T10:37:19","modified_gmt":"2015-07-28T17:37:19","slug":"denali","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/barneymc.com\/?p=435","title":{"rendered":"Denali"},"content":{"rendered":"

On to Mt. McKinley, or as the locals call it, Denali. We had only one day here and the on-line reservation system for the bus into the park was down. So I got up to the ticket window at 6:30 to find it opens at 7:00. The first bus I could get on was at 9:00, so I chilled in the car with my coffee and music. By the time I could get on the bus, I was relaxed and ready to see some stuff. I was lucky in that it was a clear day, so we could see Denali most of the day. We also saw lots of grizzlies, caribou, and even moose at the very end of the day. Maxine did not make it to the bus, so I took her back as far as the public can drive in, 15 miles, in the evening. It was raining by then, and we saw some beautiful rainbows. At the end of the paved road, we saw a big male caribou with a huge rack.<\/p>\n