![Big Sis in a Small World](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhffOPWAt8z8H8reZVYd_MFEyl9uqkf8iVPJLvfv8ffBB26-CZfC2h-G3FjP2bbTz1LNQThy28HoYM0CMpoHwNq9SIvijnCP2RuxCDLGDgRUUAaqHR7hYgyDePUk_Vus381N-no/s400/BigSis.gif)
Alaska – Denali National Park (2-3 June 2007)
![Denali National Park](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiJ7io1GSq2GqdHwYWzvmZmWo5Evln5QIe3Gk7a_wGxPvs-ug6I6DgK8qxuVRCGTH1S0F0-PRoBXQiFdUetCmY88XFkHOWHQDlL_Jn8ggMbFZb8kn-KYbQtj8573QBKcURtXnS/s400/denali+national+park.jpg)
![Me & Da at Denali](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVmK33_w5APcQR-rCILqlapXxzawbuogtiBY3KDVJGhyKHJc1BkWcoZSAxig1XhHZ_FMQV81MRunVM4CrtRZUn-7cKRjcBVv8EHZk9qxRZbBox_fql7A8aFd9PrLF-zcEkjsNi/s200/me+and+da+at+denali.jpg)
The next day was Denali Park day, a National Park which is as big as New Hampshire or Vermont - something I might have been able to envisage had I not driven through those states in torrential rain and darkness.
Unfortunately to see anything past mile 17 of the park, you have to take the tour bus along with a coachload of animal-crazy Americans. I felt I had no option but to join in this tourist venture, although I started to regret it by about mile 2 - this is what they looked like when there were a couple of rabbits outside the bus...
![Grizzly Bear](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnchyGujD1vav4kORleehM55jA-IyQwz6odLzWrdscOfI7xg0M-yBlxgtXVTSGtKk8em2sNsFPcrnZFUdv_HAFOyjb8So3pOvyS0ynNhytZxdRomuY7XWri8UcJT8hImM9MMfw/s200/grissly+bear.jpg)
By the last day in Alaska, adventurousness had kicked in (or possibly just a desperate urge to get away from tour guides and animal-crazed Americans) and we decided to drive to mile 17 of Denali National Park and go hiking in search of black bears. Having only seen a grizzly at a distance, I was getting withdrawal symptoms.
![Denali Again](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVYWRuqEOGafIrQvnqla1rojfcWVigqksCEW065sm3mio6FgalcNN5fQnVNErY4_rj6h4aFqRZk7ve0nNxFD14-nAyriw-Wr3mZ4xPxsXot5OECzob1ic8lDeyWIieRMXhjfCJ/s320/denali+national+park2.jpg)
The bears were evasive, but we did get to see some stags, and then a glacier...
![Me With a Glacier](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpTVO2UhB4w_D4qlYBMKdetNYyuFPjf7B9rio7kBQBMMNX_kcIzyYbpHqYoUNevIA5b7rhK_oZKL1T5-RQVGn9OPZf_CCTgymEvUdb63BkHsktMn2qpQ8pSwuqQMO2YckNZ79B/s320/me+and+denali+glacier.jpg)
... before having a close encounter with a moose...
![Moose](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOWlm-QU91_nWNNq7WTlpjfWJjBrPV8QbPYaxdyCLg4ZGEXg0caSOd0ydYVyK83pKI_jzUZcXpviGFdzBtRf2Nmgd-6yzaFJrpASLr7C-ENs8__YwqIUGLzBmo_Ne1s-lM5Hm4/s320/moose.jpg)
But not to disappoint, on the way to the airport, a couple of hundred miles south of Denali, I tested the brakes on the rental car to make way for this cute little gem...
![Bear Crossing](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj82BylElNqhUtuC0syQ5XtdKhnMF0zfxQbpiel1pZ_dzVVqxsr_2cP9XkLa4kQZS1-9X-twjeGCz4cRd7XSMszNagzj_nkcLxXv1n5b1s0bOR3lCp6a5UcJU2BEMj7BwM94RVR/s320/bear+crossing.jpg)
Hmmm... I think I've seen that photo somewhere before.
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