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<\/a>Talkeetna.\u00a0\u00a0 What a nice campground, very wide, paved roads and beautiful campsites, and surprisingly they had 50 amp power.\u00a0 Nothing else, no water or sewer there and no dump station either.\u00a0\u00a0 The campground was built on the side of a large mountain and the views were spectacular.\u00a0 Our traveling companions had the site behind us and they could see Denali from the back of their campsite.\u00a0\u00a0 But it could only be seen the first day.\u00a0 After that the clouds obscured it completely.\u00a0 But prior to that happening, we drove back down the Parks Highway and over to a Denali Overlook and snapped a few pictures.\u00a0\u00a0 Denali was just as grand as I remembered it!<\/p>\nThe next morning we drove over to Talkeetna, which turned out to be quite\u00a0 a long way.\u00a0\u00a0 The road that goes over to Talkeetna was about 30 miles south of us; but what we didn’t realize was that turn-off was still a long way to the town, which looked to be right off the Parks Highway, but there was only one road to get there, which meant you drove way past it and then drove back up to it.\u00a0 It was a bit deceiving until you really look at the map closely.<\/p>\n After a few hours wandering around the small town, we headed back to the car and drove the long way back to the campground.\u00a0\u00a0 Denali was no longer visible.<\/p>\n The following day Larry and Sue were going to try fly fishing in Troublesome Creek just up the road a mile or so, and we headed out to see other campgrounds in the area and visit a war memorial not far from one of them.\u00a0 We spent four nights there and then headed up the road to Denali National Park for a week of dry camping. \u00a0 No power\/Water\/Sewer @ Riley Creek Campground.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We camped a couple days at Big Bear to catch up on laundry and supplies.\u00a0 We did find our favorite taco joint while there.\u00a0 It had moved so that made it a bit more challenging.\u00a0 If you’re ever in Wasilla, try out Taco Cancun, you won’t regret it. We drove up to K’esugi Ken Campground … <\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>We finally got to the town and the train was there letting off passengers and tourists.\u00a0\u00a0 We had arrived at lunch time, so we went off to find the Denali Brewpub, which was right on the main road down to the River’s Edge Park.<\/p>\n<\/a>The food was just Ok.\u00a0 I would try somewhere else next time.\u00a0 The patio was <\/a>very nice, as the day was perfect, around 70 degrees and sunny.\u00a0\u00a0 Afterward we walked all around town, with me hanging outside all the gift shops with Dusty while Kathy shopped.<\/p>\n<\/a>We ventured down to the park, and the river was high and moving very quickly.\u00a0 There were a lot of signs about staying off the rocks due to the fast moving water scouring the dirt away under the rocks on the edges.\u00a0 Of course there were a lot of folks that apparently didn’t or couldn’t read them and they were out on the rocks’ edge taking group photos and selfies.\u00a0\u00a0 Basically they were <\/a>trying to warn you that if you fell into that fast moving frigid water, it wouldn’t be a rescue, but would be a body recovery.\u00a0 Lucky for us (and them), no one fell in while we were there.<\/p>\n<\/a>Also we did a short trail called the Moose Flats Trail.\u00a0 <\/a>And I was fairly happy we never saw a moose. \u00a0 What we did see were mosquitos by the gross.\u00a0 I wished I had brought my racket as the Deet seemed to have little effect on these buggers.<\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n