Off to Denali

Today we drove to Denali from our RV park in Talkeetna. It's about a 2 1/2 hour drive one way. We drove into the park 13 miles, as far as you can with your own vehicle. If you want to go further you have to take a bus tour. The various bus tours range from 4 1/2 hours to 12 hours and from $25 to over $100. They are old school buses. Neither of us really felt like doing that. I understand you can see a lot of wildlife on those tours but that's a lot of hours. The shorter tours don't take you all the way in either. We kind of knew all of this before we went but we still came away from the experience a little disappointed with their strategy. The buss fee are in addition to park fees also. The real problem though is with the amount of time all of this takes. We did some sightseeing and picture taking along the way and explored some other back roads near the park where we spotted a moose. I could only get one picture before the truck scared it away. The igloo was a closed business and no I didn't drive through it. I just backed up to the door for a photo op. The sign and the mountain are pretty much self explanatory. All in all we enjoyed the trip, just not the park arrangements.