Denali vs Mount McKinley

Last weekend, Lindy and I went to Denali National Park.

The start of our journey.

While in the park, we took a 6 hour bus tour through the wilderness. 

We were even able to see Denali. Okay history check. Denali and Mount McKinley are the same thing. Per our wonderful tour guide and quoted from wikipedia,

"William Dickey, a New Hampshire-born Seattleite who had been digging for gold in the sands of the Susitna River, wrote, after his return to the lower states, an account in the New York Sun that appeared on January 24, 1897. Dickey wrote, “We named our great peak Mount McKinley, after William McKinley of Ohio, who had been nominated for the Presidency." By most accounts, the naming was politically driven; Dickey had met many silver miners who zealously promoted Democratic presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan's ideal of a silver standard, inspiring him to retaliate by naming the mountain after a strong proponent of the gold standard.^"

In a nutshell, they changed the tribal name "Denali" to the politically motivated name "Mount McKinley". Alaskans and hikers refer to the mountain as Denali. 

Once a glacier came through here,
and left this path for the river.

The National Park Ranger

The road our bus went on. (Yikes)

When traveling through the park only 30% of people actually see the mountain. We got lucky! It was a clear day and we were able to get wonderful pictures of Denali. 

The snow cap peak is Denali!!!!

It almost looks like a cloud, but no, it's Denali

We also saw some wildlife. I apologize for the blurriness, but I was not getting any closer. Being on a episode of “When Animals Attack” is not one of my goals in Alaska. LOL.

A moose

A Caribou 

We eventually got high up in the terrain in the park. The wind was gushing. Look at Lindy's hair.

 After we got to this point the bus turned around and we went back down the mountainous park. This is around the time that Lindy and I took a little nap.

She will kill me for this.

I RECOMMEND THAT EVERYONE MAKE THIS TRIP AT LEAST ONCE IN THEIR LIFETIME!

On top of the world

As Always, With Affection