The Denali Day Three: Bus

At the bus stop just after seven. (Disney World?!?) Our bus was not too full and the seats were actually better than expected. We lumbered off down the gravel interior highway toward Wonder Lake near mile 90. The ride is the event. It is slow, dusty and a bit noisy punctuated by excellent wildlife spotting by bus driver who slows, stops and backs up - very aware of the photography goals. Wildlife abundant. Each trip varies. We saw: 7 grizzlies (two groups of three and a single very near to the bus), many caribou including a large calving herd, Ptarmigan, Dall sheep, one moose, a golden eagle, marmot, arctic and ground squirrels. We stopped at the Eielson Center where we took a brief hike in the tundra. So needed to change buses to a full one. Dinner was eggs and rhubarb pie. We did see most of Denali Peak - only 30% of visitors to the park see the mountain due to cloud formation. Spectacular day. 

Cadillac’s Most Correct Viewpoint

I went on a bus today, just like the miniature HPs do going to school. Great opportunity to further my research. The peering in the bus is epidemic with nearly everyone poking their devices out the windows. You can understand them wishing to see the regal moose and even the less stellar antlered caribou but the excitement centers around an antler-less cumbersome creature called a grizzly. Eh. Hard to see the Tees today because the HPs were layered up. Rats. BUT I did get to visit with some Moose Cousins. I got out at the best places and delivered a fine speech on Moose Rights to an attentive audience. Some even briefly stopped munching willow in the most riveting parts of my talk. So, no progress on the HP-O front but Moose Rights was advanced. I had BdB go back to some semblance of civilization and bring me a latte. It was cold but he tried.