We moved further north along the Parks Hwy to Denali National Park. As we travel north, it is obvious that autumn is here. The trees and ground cover have turned to reds and yellows.
Denali National Park is huge – over 6.4 billion (yes, Billion) acres. There is only one road into the park and private vehicle travel is extremely limited.
We’re staying in Riley Creek campground which is located just inside the park. Some of the sites are set aside for rig over 31 ft in length. The sites are very nice, with a picnic table and a fire pit, but there are no hook ups. We filled our 100 gallon fresh water tank before we left Telkeetna. If we’re careful with water, we’ll be fine for three days. We’re allowed to run our generator from 8-10 am and 4-8 pm. We need to run the generator to keep the fish in the freezer frozen and to keep the rig batteries charged. It takes a fair amount of battery power to extend and retract the hydraulic slides and to raise and lower the landing gear (feet in the corners that hold up the trailer).
We’ve been carrying fire wood in the back of the truck for a couple of weeks. Denali is the perfect place for a campfire. We had no rain today! So we enjoyed a nice campfire before the mosquitos came on attack.
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