First visitors of the summer!

As summer comes to an end here in Alaska, I finally have a few moments to post the fun adventures I've been able to share with a few guests these past summer months.

First visitors of the summer were my Dad and Aunt Becky

We spent the 4th of July in Talkeetna and Denali National Park 

View of Mt. McKinley (aka Denali) from Princess Lodge right outside of Talkeetna

Our cabin the Snoozin Moose in Talkeetna

View of Mt. McKinley from the South Viewpoint

View of Mt. McKinley from the North Viewpoint

Our friendly moose at McKinley Chalet Resort - our accommodation for Denali

Nenana River raging past McKinley Chalet Resort

Closest point to Mt. McKinley inside the National Park

Caribou

Grizzly (aka Brown) Bear middle right

Moose - take note of the lake and compare to picture below - you will see how big this park really is

Can you find the same lake with the moose?

Grizzly on the hill

Baby moose outside our room

Then, we went on the National Park Tour of the Kenai Fjords National Park

My first puffin!

Pair of eagles

Sea lions

Three hole bluff - except one of the holes fell in

Holgate Glacier

Sea otters were everywhere

Sea otter raft

Aialik Glacier (pronounced Eye-al-ick)

Compare the kayakers size to the Aialik Glacier

Harbor seals stay warm with a layer of blubber and have evolved to arch up so only a small amount of their body is touching the ice

Lots of seals at the terminus of the Aialik Glacier

Tufted puffin

More sea lions

Lonely in the cove

Puffins and Murres - murres are known as the Penguin of the North - they stand and are colored like a penguin however they do fly - they "fly" underwater just as puffins do and can dive as deep as they can fly

Puffin in flight

Nested puffins

Humpback whale tale

Humpback whale back

Fox Island - where we had our Salmon and Prime Rib dinner after a cold, wet day of sightseeing