Monday we left to go camping in Denali National Park. It was cold and rainy – of course. And the tent leaked, so the last night we ended up putting Ruby and Sierra in the camper with Grandma and Papa, and Dustin slept in the front seat of the car while Karis, Maddie, and I slept in the back of the car. Dustin turned on the heat occasionally and our car read 38 degrees! We saw a bull moose driving into the park (and I didn’t get a picture) but we didn’t see any more animals, besides birds and rabbits, while we were camping. However, when we were setting up camp the Ranger came by to let us know that about an hour before we got there a Grizzly Bear had walked right through the camp site!
Don’t worry, that bear picture was taken at the Zoo in Anchorage! LOL!
After we camped for two nights we headed to Anchorage to check out the ‘big city’. Um, its too big for me! I like Fairbanks, thank you! Our first stop was the Zoo, of course! Here, Dustin got to see his Grizzly, black bears, and even some sheep and tigers and yaks, etc.
Dustin really wanted to see a Grizzly in the wild, oh well, he’ll have to settle for the zoo! Here are our Moose Children:
After the zoo we headed to the Wildberry Park – saw some reindeer, and bought some jam (we had to go back the next day and get two more jars of their Wild Blueberry Jam – YUM!!!) Then we headed to the Portage Glacier – here are some pictures of the mountains outside of Anchorage
And then we parked when we got there to walk closer. There was a Black Bear alert sign stating that some bears had gotten used to human food, so be careful. We teased the girls, does that mean they like our food, or they like HUMANS FOR FOOD!!! And we were calling them bear bait!
Here are the pictures of the Glacier:
I always thought that glaciers were in the ocean, but apparently they are just large blocks of ice between mountains and sometimes in the ocean and they melt. So this one used to be in the water, but it has melted up into the mountain.
And we headed up the hill back to the car – but wait!!! What’s that?
Hmm… that would be the black bears that are used to humans! There was a momma (already crossed into the bushes) and this is the baby! They were about 50 yards from us!!!!!!!
And off he went after his momma!!! Um, yeah, kinda scary when the bears are between you and your car!
So we headed back to our car, quickly!! And on the lookout for more bears!
5 comments:
Great pictures! Too bad about the rain getting in your tent.
Bless you for taking all your little ones on such an adventure! Sorry about the rain :-( But you look like you guys had fun!
WOW.... seeing that black bear must have been such a scary but wonderful experience!!! Great pictures!
Hey Letie bear, you of all people should like bears. Looks like a lot of fun!!! Where did your tent leak, at the seams?? I would take the tent back and tell them it leaked!!!!
Sounds like you all had a wonderful time. I love the photos.
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