Denali - bus, McKinley ... i ossos!!

03/07/2008 (revetlla del dia de l'independencia)

4:40 del mati toquen diana. A les 5:30 arranca el bus que, 6 hores i 150km despres, ens deixa a Wonder Lake, als peus de la plana de la montanya mes alta dels USA: Mount McKinkey (6100m). Paisatge sub-artic i tundra, gel i neu al rerafons. Nomes 1 de cada tres dies fa bon temps, i nosaltres hem vist ahir i avui la montanya sense nuvols!

De cami, rollo safari dins un bus ... Cada animalo es mereixia una parada x fer fotos ... aixi hem vist, per fi, ossos!! I un llop jalant-se una llebre ... Tb hem vist caribus, falcons, alces, aligues dorades ... I mes ossos amb les criatures! :) Ah! I uns de Manresa! Que petit es el mon!

I res, dema ultimes hores al parc i anar tirant nord, cap a fairbanks a celebrar el 4 de Juliol, dia de l'Independencia.

C&C

4:40 in the morning and the alarm goes off! At 5:30 the bus leaves ... a bus which, 6 hours and 90miles later, drops us at Wonder Lake, all the way into Denali, an at the base of the tallest mountain in the USA (Mount McKinley, 6100 meters). A sub-arctic landscape and tundra, ice and snow in the background ... beautiful. We've been fortunate ... only 1 in 3 days is good weather and we got a good view yesterday and today!

The bus ride is some sort of safari. The bus driver is great at spotting animals and he stops for us to take pictures. And so, we've come across a ... bear! at last! :D And a wolf with food in the mouth ... and of course, mooses, caribouss, eagles ... and more grizzly bears. Ah! we also found some people from Manresa (my home town) ... what a coincidence!

And tomorrow ... some more hours in the park and then drive a bit more to the north ... to Fairbanks, just in thime for 4th of July, Independence Day.