July 27, 2018
After a great breakfast, we packed lunches and set out to hike the Quigley Ridge and the Wicketsham Dome starting by the lodge. The hike was 12 km long, and had nice views along the way.
We saw marmots and ground squirrels but no moose, bears or caribou - apart from this one:
Well back at the lodge, Andy spent time in the wood fired sauna, and then we relaxed until it was time for dinner. What a wonderful day.
July 28, 2018
We woke up to beautiful weather, and walked down to Fanny Quiqley’s home. Fannie Quigley is one of the mining pioneers who came to the land to find their fortunes. Fannie was a veteran of the Klondike and other stampedes. She had made her way to the remote Kantishna Hills among the hundreds of hopeful prospectors in 1905, and she was known for her sharp tounge.
For the sake of it we walked to the end of the road.
We then did a small hike along the river, and checked out some of the old mining houses from the early 1900s.
Wonder Lake
As Andy wasn’t feeling well he went to the sauna and then took a nap, while Dorte took the bus to Wonder Lake. According to the bus driver, the lake got it’s name when 2 explorers were checking out a map of the area made previously, and came across the lake. One of them said ‘I wonder why this lake isn’t on the map?’ Maybe not a true story, but a good story!
There was an amazing view of the Alaska Range, and the Crown Jewel of North America, Denali.
When I came around a corner, I met this guy. At first I didn’t know which animal it was, as I could only see it from behind, and I had never seen one in the wild before.
I then hiked the 2.3 mile MaKinley Bar Trail. As there was not other people around, and it is grizzly bear country, I was a bit hesitant doing the hike, but I decided to do it as one of the vans from one of the lodges in the area was parked at the trail head. I couldn’t hear the people, but knew they were on the trail.
There were a lot of blueberries on the trail, so I ate a lot of them, and picked some for Andy too.
When I came back to the bus stop, and went in to rest in the shade, guess who was also waiting for the bus: Mr. Porcupine! You can see that he has been eating away at the wood. So I went outside, and left him to his sleep.
Sunset at 1:00am
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