July 12, 2015 Fairbanks to Denali

Today we woke up at the hotel and got ready for church. Went to 9am Fairbanks ward. It was a great meeting and the people there are very warm and welcoming. Back at hotel we had a late checkout and did some laundry. We were able to get on the internet as well. We packed up and left about 1pm-ish. There was a hot dog stand outside and we had a reindeer hot dog. We rode down to Denali to eat at the Salmon bake for Harold's bucket list. It was a couple of hours' ride. Denali was socked in with clouds but we finally got a glimpse from 43 miles away. Another Harold bucket list item from the last trip when we couldn't see the top at all. Then we headed south into more construction and gravel and sinking rain. We stopped about 9pm and set up camp in Denali south view..which like a parking lot set up. More rain as we set up and the good things is we will not crawl out to mud in the morning. So surprised we have cell service. It is still bright out. We need a black tarp for the tent to keep the light out. We saw a moose on the the drive down. Hopefully Tuesday we can go fishing if the weather permits....There are so many songs about rain that are running through our minds now....