Exploring Alaska by RV: How not to see Alaskan Wildlife

After a wonderfully quiet night beside Rolly Lake South in the Nancy Lake Rec area, it was back on the road south.

At Wassilla, Fred Myer and Target stores were a big delay this morning, as well as the kids hitting a PC games shop. A quick call to the Musk Ox farm established they had closed early for the season (they were to be open until the end of Sept. So that dampened our spirits a little, but, we also had planed to go to the Alaska Zoo.

We had hoped our visit to the Alaska Zoo would avail us to view in a fairly pristine environment that wildlife we had not got to see in the wild ourselves. However, we found the animals in rather small enclosures, most had poor feet/hoof care and we were very much saddened, especially with a small grizzly cub that had apparently been rescued, seemed more like imprisoned.

After about 90min at the Zoo, we'd seen everything and it was late, so we headed to our overnight destination, being the RV rental firm grounds, were we could park for free and allow us time in the morning to sleep in a little, pack and ahnd back the RV, without any rush, and that planned work. We had agreed to one of their plans where all you have to do is return the RV, the fuel and gas refill was incorporated in the price of the rental agreement, so of course, we ran these two to the limit, the fuel light was on, on our way out to the Alaska Zoo, so we krept in on the fumes, to then recall the generator does not run if the fuel gets to low, needless to say, we had enough fuel for my coffee in the morning, but not for the toaster :)

The following morning we packed and handed back the RV with no issues, this firm was just great and I'd recommend 'Great Alaskan Holiday's' to anyone wanting to hire an RV to explore Alaska.

We then made our way to the Inlet Towers for the next two nights before our flight home, some shopping in downtown Anchorage and some quiet time.

These are photo's of wildlife at the Alaska Zoo, I think you'll agree, see this wildlife in their natural habitat is far more rewarding.