Rafting al riu Nenana (Denali)

06/07/2008
Despres d'una passejada x la vila de Fairbanks, em agafat l'autopista direccio cap a Denali. Abans ens em parat al poble d'Ester (Valverde), on, inversemblantment, no la coneixien.

La activitat del dia ha estat anar a fer rafting per riu Nenana, al costat del parc d Denali. Aquest riu es l'afluent mes virulent del Yukon ;), amb rapids de categoria 3 i 4 (el rafting de Sort te categoria 1 i 2, x ferse una idea). Lo millor es qe ens han posat davant del raid, mig capitanejant el grup. Una experiencia brutal!

Per acabar el dia em conduit fins a Talkeetna, a 100 milles d'Anchorage on dema agafarem l'avio cap a San Francisco. Sopar i repos en un local on feien jazz de poble. Per cert, k Talkeetna es un lloc molt pintoresc ... 800 habitants i amb carrer principal i tot, no ta mal x Alaska. I el lloc on estem ... hem fet el check-in i pagat a la panaderia de la planta baixa, rodejats de croissants i chocolate brownies ... :) vuras tu dema l'esmorzar!

C&C

Today started with a walk around Fairbanks town. The, we start driving south again, final destination Anchorage Airport. First stop was at "Ester" town ... we asked if they knew our friend Ester, but they never heard of her ... strange!
Today's activity was white water rafting down the Nenana River at Denali National Park, which is one of the wildest afluents of the Yukon River ;), with rapids of category 3 and 4. The best is that we got to captain the boat, as we were the most experienced on board (excluding the guide, of course :D ). Cesc was 1st captain, Cristian was second :P

To finish the day, we went to Talkeetna for the night. It is 100 miles from Anchorage, where from our plane departs tomorrow direction San Francisco. We have dinner at a nice local restaurant and then went to the local bar for some Jazz ... great! Did we tell you Talkeetna is a really pintoresc place? 800 inhabitants and even has a Main street, not bad for Alaska. And our hotel (Talkeetna Roadhouse)? we'll, we've checked-in at the bakery on the ground floor, surrounded by croissants and chocolate brownies ... my mouth is watering again! You'll see tomorrow what a great breakfast!

[Fairbanks downtown]

[Ester's village]

[Nenana River white water rafting]

[our car ... full of mosquitos]

[Jazz in Talkeetna]