Gateway to Denali A delighful lunch at the Denali Brewing Co., Talke… Refreshed, and off to discover new gift shops. Wecome to the MT. McKinley Princess Lodge Before 2008, best known as mile 46 on the Iditaro… We appreciated this sign so we could differentiate… Bruce contemplates the meaning of the Alaska state… Flowers and spruce burls The background sign is there because on a clear da… One of dozens of lovely flower baskets that decora… Day 8: Prince William Sound and College Fiord College Fiord, where all the glaciers are named af… While eating our back-up breakfast in the buffet,… Port of Whittier at midnight. Essential dress-up night portrait Alaska On a pristine day Only whispy clouds above us Day 7: Glacier Bay Customary shipboard glacier portrait. 204 One of the National Park Service rangers who came… A lone kayaker give some perspective to the size o… Denali Brewing Co. log walls are chinked with the… Moving inland On our way to Talkeetna The Cooke Inlet at low tide. They have the second… Bye, bye, Island Princess On board the train and striving to look perky. Day 9: Off the ship at an ungodly hour to catch th… We made a vain attempt at perky too. Early morning… Fortunately, the train was just a short, soggy, wa… Midnight at the hotel Dodging traffic on Talkeetna's main street. Back on shore at last and then a short stroll into… Still in there? "Not that tight, Bruce" Back on the river and a chill was blowing in. Time… 352 Suiting up Excitedly awaiting the bus that will take us river… There's my happy girl. She's found bear tracks. Fed by glacial run off, the water is a murky gray… Serene birds of prey regurgitate on us. Firm buns of steel propell us