This is the place we called home during our brief stay in Denali.  Photo taken from across the street and up the hill.

Photo taken the afternoon of our departure.  Oh what a beautiful day!

Buses were coming and going all the time…At any given hour, a half dozen buses or so could be seen out front.

Hubby and I spent part of the morning and early afternoon shopping at all the tourist shops.  Fortunately we were there at the end of season to catch many stores offering 50% off store wide.

We fell in love with this guy…

Around mid afternoon we hitched a ride on a bus to the train station.  One cool thing about the hotel – They took care of our luggage that morning and delivered it to the train station so that we didn’t have to fool with it that day.

Here comes our train in from Anchorage!

The brakes are engaged

Almost to a complete stop….

As she slowly passes by…

All Aboard!!!

Hubby and I made our acquaintance with the deck out back and stayed there for a good portion of the ride.

A view at some of the hotels and gift shops as we pass by.  That’s Horseshoe Lake down below.

I like to think of this trip as a five star ride.  It was a glorious day.  Temperatures were in the upper 60’s and no jackets were needed on the deck.  And with that, I’ll try to let some of the pictures speak for themselves as there are quite a few in this post.

We have quite a few cars behind us…

I can’t even begin to say how much fun we had back there…

This is one of my favorite pics of the train as we wind around those mountains.

As we pulled away, The glaciers came into view.

WOW, we can see!

Words can’t describe the emotion…

Just working on this post, brings a flood of amazing memories.  And if you’re wondering why I’m posting so many similar pics, it’s because I couldn’t pick out a favorite.

Sigh…

I heart the bridge with glaciers in the background…

Oh my word, there is Mt McKinley!  We could not believe our eyes…This was the only day while there that we were able to see the mountain range and Mount McKinley…From the ground. We did see the mountain ranges and Mount McKinley on our flight home.  More on that later…

As our train pulled into the station, I was so overjoyed from all the pretty things we witnessed this day.

Dan and Rita were right there to greet us as we arrived and what a joy it was to catch up with them and share all the excitement we experience in Denali.

This pretty much wraps up another beautiful day in Alaska.

To be continued…

Blessings – Debbie