Hiking Denali

The last two days we've been hiking the trails. Boy, these are the best trails we've ever seen. They're well marked, wide, and easily traversed. Most of the time we're in forested area, so Sue is nervous a bear will be around the corner. We sure see a lot of moose tracks on the trail, but have never spotted any wildlife on the trails. I saw a funny looking caribou at a pullover.

 We saw three different beaver dams at Horseshoe, which was kinda cool. Those beavers are very industrious. Sue did a little fishing at Horseshoe lake. Nibbles, but nothing hooked.

We saw a demonstration of the sled dogs today. They have quite a few, 50 maybe. They're very sweet and well behaved. They are also quite large, but surprisingly they only weigh 60-80 lbs. During the winter they are working animals and run approximately 3000 miles in a season. They're favorite climate is cold; 20 below 0 is where they work best. Sue tried to get a picture of them pulling the sled, but they were moving too fast for a good shot.

Tomorrow we head out of the park to Talkeetna, and then down to Anchorage. If one of us is attacked again, you'll be the first to know.

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