We were in Fairbanks for the longest day of the year - June 21st. There’s about 22 hours of daylight. I took a video of how the campground looked at midnight. While in Fairbanks, Nan and I took a 3-hour cruise down the river and got a demonstration on dog sledding from the husband and daughter of the late Susan Butcher. She won 4 iditorods before she died of cancer a few years ago. We then left for Denali National park. While there we took a tour on a monster truck with our friends Paul and Jan. We didn’t see much wildlife, but we did see a pair of ptarmigan (birds like pheasants), some grizzly footprints, and some wolf poop. The next day the four of us drove through Denali. We got a good view of Mt. McKinley, but it didn’t show up on the camera very well, so I didn’t include a picture. While looking at the mountain we came across a young moose that was feeding right by the road. Paul kept getting closer to get a good picture, and I had my video camera aimed right on him in case there was some excitement, but no luck. The moose snorted at Paul, and he decided he had enough close-up shots.
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