After a week at Denali, we headed south toward Trapper Creek. This area is a little south of Denali, but still within sight of the mountain when the weather is right. Here we did a little relaxing, and a little exploring, and were fortunate enough to have good views of the mountain on two different days.
The Road South
South of the park entrance, the road skirts alongside the park and mountains. Besides the usual scenic views, we also were lucky enough to have a good view of Denali at a couple of stops.
Talkeetna
We took a drive to Talkeetna, which claims to be the town that was used as a model for the TV show Northern Exposure. I didn't see anything there that said Northern Exposure to me. What it said to me was Tourist Town. Jewelry stores, restaurants, and gift shops. It's apparently a stop on the "See Alaska in X Days" Tours. I didn't even take any pictures, but I did get this shot of the bear and fish sculptures at the visitor center near where you turn off for the tourist town.
Evening View
While taking an evening stroll in the campground, we saw an interesting evening view of Denali. So we jumped in the car and drove a little farther north to an overlook area. Turns out you couldn't see much of the mountain due to the evening clouds, but still we got some interesting views of the mountains.
Petersville Road
We drove down the Petersville road, an old mining road in the area. Here we saw some more views of the south side of Denali...
...some beautiful scenery...
...and a pair of sandhill cranes.
More Flowers
Seems everywhere we go, something is blooming. Here south of the Alaska Range, the lupines grow much bigger than on the other side. But the dwarf dogwoods are only about 4 inches tall on either side of the range. Where I come from, dogwoods come on trees. The other purple flowers are wild geraniums.
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