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We found cloud had moved in overnight at Susitna River when we awoke. Joshua drove the RV back along the river gravel bar to the edge of the highway and then we were off south again. We had a plan to get to the Musk Ox centre at Palmer today, but our stop at Talkeetna put an end to that plan, for today anyway.
Talkeetna is the town where those wanting to summit Mt Denali access their air charter to the Kahitna Glacier and commence their climb to the 20,320 feet summit. This year about 1,600 people successfully achieved the summit. It is also the small town that the TV show 'Northern Exposure' was based on. We did some shopping and enjoyed the quiet atmosphere with no tourists in town, ate lunch watching a DVD episode of Northern Exposure and then got back on the road south.
That put us behind and some road work added to our delay, so we decided to camp in the Nancy Lake Rec area, at Rolly Lake South. This rec area is a mosaic of lakes that are snow fed, not river fed and provide a tranquil spot, noted for Black Bear.
Armed with the Bear Spray and the kids packing their BB Gun, we explored the area into dusk.
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| View of Mt Denali looking north at the magestic mountain range. |
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| Camp beside Rolly Lake |
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| Ptarmigan - the State Bird - size of a chicken. |
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| Looked like a Black Bear Den. |
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| Tayla packing a BB Gun |
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