Friday, June 30, 2017. You can see how the morning looked just before getting on the 5:15 AM bus to Wonder Lake. It would be about an eleven hour ride out and back. Although Denali and other mountains were all covered in fog when we got to the Eielson Visitor Center at mile 66 of our 85 mile journey to Wonder Lake, we got a little glimpse of Denali on our return trip! However, it was a very good grizzly bear day. Before we arrived at Wonder Lake, I captured the Porcupine in the tree next to our bus. Omar Lance, our bus driver got us in position for the bears to walk right up next to and in front of our bus. Great experience! Many times you only see the bears at a distance of one to two miles! Since we finished our bus tour around 4:00 PM, I got this Alaska train picture out the window of the bus as it was leaving Denali headed for Fairbanks.
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