Summer Travels 2024

We got up around 7 and headed to get breakfast at Karsten’s. We both had breakfast sandwiches. We sat at the bar to eat because the tables were for people who got the buffet. After eating, we headed to the main lodge and got ready for Husky Homestead round 2.   Hunter showed up for us at 9:30. There was a couple in the car that was going to be flown to the back country of Denali. We got dropped off first. Husky Homestead was beyond amazing! Upon arrival, they checked our names on their list and handed us each an eight week old puppy to snuggle. Mine was Cleo and Tammy’s was Ginsburg (the six female pups were named after powerful women). The pups whined and yipped. Tammy’s was very active.  We moved to a seating area and were given an overview of the dogs in the yard. Each had its own little house and was chained to a rock. They could just reach their neighbors to play. Every house had the dog’s name over the door. They hitched up a team of dogs to a 500 pound ATV (which had to...

We got up early so we could make it to breakfast by 7. We went to Canyon Steakhouse in the main lodge and had steel cut oats with toppings. I got my coconut and sliced almonds on the side and gave them to Tammy and she got her golden raisins and dried cranberries on the side and gave them to me! The funny thing was that the portions on the side were much larger than the amount they put on the oatmeal. We loaded into a tan school bus and headed to Denali National Park on the Natural History Tour. We were disappointed that we got booted off the Tundra Wilderness Tour that takes you farther into Denali where you have a better chance of seeing animals.  We did get to see a mama moose walking up the road with her baby. They stayed on the road for a long time and we followed slowly behind them.  We’re stopped somewhere and watched a short video about the history of Denali National Park. We stopped again and saw a 100 year old cabin that was built when they were working on the park r...