Trip to Denali National Park

We drove to Denali National Park, it is a 4-5 hour trip (without kids). We decided to make a few stops on the way. We found a nice lake to have a picnic lunch. The boys, Bonnie and I played at the lake while Nathan made sandwiches for lunch. Then we sat on the dock and ate. It was beautiful and very quiet. We only saw a few cars in the park and no one on the lake.

Denali Mountain (also known as Mt. McKinley). Denali is the Native name for it. Seeing the whole mountain is a rare occasion. It is usually covered by clouds. The park rangers explained the weather pattern on the mountain, it made sense as to why it was usually covered by clouds, but at the moment, I can't think of the explanation. (This was from a view point along the road to the park)

Mountains along the way.

Denali Park- The first day we were at the park, we just did some hiking near the visitors center. The boys were into pretending to be kitties, Everest even has shoes on his hands. Uncle Denis and Aunt Mena have a cat that the boys fell in love with. So they hiked along the trail on all fours, meowing. They both have on bear bells, so they made plenty of noise.

Hiking, Bonnie carried our day pack (water, food, diapers, etc), Nathan carried Leaf or Everest and sometimes both. I carried the camera and extra lenses. We got an Ergo carrier for the trip (what Leaf is in). I have had a lot of slings to carry my babies, but this is probably the best one. You will be seeing it more often, as the baby can use it and I am sure, that is where the baby will be most of the time.

Nathan and Leaf taking a break to enjoy the view. Leaf would not look at me for a picture.