Where do I even begin on this one! We have been planning this trip since before we were married. It was the trip of a lifetime! Tyler and I traveled to Alaska with his parents, Ed and Kathy, and his brother Brandon and his family, which includes wife Angie, and their fun and cute two little girls Mackenzie and Brooklyn. We went up to visit Tyler's sister Melanie and her husband Sam that live in Fairbanks. Our first day there we all packed up and headed to Denali, which is an amazing national park w
ith all sorts of wildlife. You all get onto a tour bus and it takes you on a dirt road through the park. I was hoping to catch sight of a bear and was really disappointed when I missed the first one. Tyler was laughing at my pouty lip. But we saw plenty more which made up for that! As we drove out the first stop we made was to get pictures in front of Mt. McKinley in the distance. We were extremely lucky, only about 1/3 of the time is it comple
tely clear of clouds, and we were one of the lucky ones who got to see it!!! After that we pressed on and saw bears, moose, ptarmigan, mountain goats, Dahl sheep, and Caribou! The end of our bus ride was at a camp called Eielson which use to be a number of things including an actual camp people would pay to come stay at. They tried to keep everything looking as close to how it would back then as possible. It was awe inspiring. the camp is near the base of Mt. McKinley so we took our family photo there. Then we too
k the ride back out. The next day we went to the visitors center so we could learn more about the park and get a good look at the dogsleds and dogs. The boys never fail to find any way to amuse themselves while waiting for the whole troop to get geared up for the day at the cars. They decid
ed to try and jump the wooden poles in unison, and it came out more in a ripple effect, but it looks way cooler this way anyways! Lol. After we walked around the visitors center we headed for the dogs. We missed their presentation, but it was still really cool to see the dogs and be able to pet some of them. They sure got keyed up when Brooklyn would get around them too. It was funny. They'd be calm as could be, and then she'd come up and they just couldn't calm down. It was a fun trip, and only the beginning of our adventures in Alaska.
Where do I even begin on this one! We have been planning this trip since before we were married. It was the trip of a lifetime! Tyler and I traveled to Alaska with his parents, Ed and Kathy, and his brother Brandon and his family, which includes wife Angie, and their fun and cute two little girls Mackenzie and Brooklyn. We went up to visit Tyler's sister Melanie and her husband Sam that live in Fairbanks. Our first day there we all packed up and headed to Denali, which is an amazing national park w
ith all sorts of wildlife. You all get onto a tour bus and it takes you on a dirt road through the park. I was hoping to catch sight of a bear and was really disappointed when I missed the first one. Tyler was laughing at my pouty lip. But we saw plenty more which made up for that! As we drove out the first stop we made was to get pictures in front of Mt. McKinley in the distance. We were extremely lucky, only about 1/3 of the time is it comple
tely clear of clouds, and we were one of the lucky ones who got to see it!!! After that we pressed on and saw bears, moose, ptarmigan, mountain goats, Dahl sheep, and Caribou! The end of our bus ride was at a camp called Eielson which use to be a number of things including an actual camp people would pay to come stay at. They tried to keep everything looking as close to how it would back then as possible. It was awe inspiring. the camp is near the base of Mt. McKinley so we took our family photo there. Then we too
k the ride back out. The next day we went to the visitors center so we could learn more about the park and get a good look at the dogsleds and dogs. The boys never fail to find any way to amuse themselves while waiting for the whole troop to get geared up for the day at the cars. They decid
ed to try and jump the wooden poles in unison, and it came out more in a ripple effect, but it looks way cooler this way anyways! Lol. After we walked around the visitors center we headed for the dogs. We missed their presentation, but it was still really cool to see the dogs and be able to pet some of them. They sure got keyed up when Brooklyn would get around them too. It was funny. They'd be calm as could be, and then she'd come up and they just couldn't calm down. It was a fun trip, and only the beginning of our adventures in Alaska.
