We started out around 8 this morning and walked the 2 miles to the Park. Even though we hated walking from the Park to our cabin last night, we figured it wouldn't be as bad today b/c we were going downhill. We figured correctly :)
We got to the park right in time for a demo with the sled dogs. The Park uses the dogs for wintertime surveying and to haul supplies to distant outposts. I volunteered to do something during the presentation, and ultimately I was one of the Parks' dogs, as opposed to a race dog. I really hammed it up while I was up there- shocker I know- and lots of people in the crowd said I did great haha. Teres has pics on her camera, so I'll have to post them later.
After seeing the dogs, we checked out the Visitor Center, then headed out to Savage River on a free shuttle bus- it's 15 miles in. We hiked around the river area for a while and I climbed a rock formation with a great view of the area! After hiking, we started walking back towards the entrance, waiting for a bus to scoop us up. We were lucky in our walk to see 2 male caribou resting in the river bed! They were too far to get a pic, but looked great with my binoculars! On the bus ride back to the Visitor Center, there was a moose not 10 feet from the road! Pretty cool.
So now we're waiting for a table at Prospector's Pizza, and definitely ready for some food & drink! We hiked a lot today :) We're on a bus all the way south to Seward tomorrow morning, which I'm not particularly looking forward to, but definitely excited for Seward! We're going on a sightseeing cruise (with an all-you-can-eat salmon dinner after!) and kayaking a place called Resurrection Bay (and possibly fishing too, haven't planned that yet). Bye for now!
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