We spent half the day at the main visitor's center in Denali National Park and hiked one of the trails. In the afternoon we checked in to the train depot, but heavy recent rains flooded the railroad tracks in Nenana, so the Alaska Railroad sent us by bus to Fairbanks where we checked into the Springhill Suites

a cloudy morning view from our hotel, the Denali Bluffs

lynx chasing snowshoe hare display in visitor center

wolf display in visitor center

Karen on Denali hiking trail

Denali Train Depot

view of the Grand Denali Hotel (where we had breakfast) from the train depot

the Railroad contracted with Princess Cruises for 2 buses to take us to Fairbanks

while waiting, a freight train went by

the freight train had a real caboose!

view of tracks from the road along the way to Fairbanks

recently repaired tracks, seen from our bus as we crossed a bridge over the tracks

another view of the slide area

power poles along the road touched the ground at only one point, permafrost requirement?

Nenana was flooded

view of flooded railroad tracks in Nenana

it was raining when we arrived at the Fairbanks rail depot that evening

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