Denali

 Denali National Park is one of the largest National Parks in the country.  Denali, formerly known as Mount McKinley, is the highest peak in North America.  With an elevation or summit of 20,310 ft above sea level.  Due to this elevation, it causes it to have its own weather and thus making it very elusive.  When visible it is only briefly.  It can be seen for many miles away and if you're lucky to see it, it is impressive.  If you can see it, you're a member of the 30% club! (visitors who get to view Denali) On our previous trip in 2016 we were fortunate to see it from several angles and distances.  This time we were not so lucky.  You can see that Denali is totally covered in snow.  This is the best we were able to capture from the bus during a short window when it allowed us to see it:

Another misfortune of the park, is the narrow road that allows you to travel via bus to the farthest point 92 miles into the park, has collapsed.  This road allows visitors with their personal vehicles, only for the first 12 miles.  Beyond this point only park buses are permitted.  The problem now is that this road had a collapse at mile marker 43.  This is an area that had been problematic with several minor collapses and forcing the park to repeatedly repair the road.  This time it was a catastrophic collapse and currently, attempts are being made to repair it.  Contractors best guess is to attempt reopening by 2026.  So now you have all the buses traveling only up to mile marker 43 to East Fork.  With the increase in traffic, noise and dust (gravel roads), wildlife has decided to vacate the immediate area.  Hardly any wildlife is visible during the 43 mile round trip.  We were able to see 18 Dall Sheep at a distance where they were gathered on a high peak.  Also saw 4 Caribou and again at a distance.

Teklanika River a tributary of the Nenana River.  It comes from the Cantwell Glacier

Seen above is also the 12 mile marker and as far as visitors can travel with their own vehicles.

        4 Caribou can be seen within the gravel rectangle seen above.  Good luck finding them

On a fopaux of your authors dealing with travel plans and reservations, we had not remembered that traveling from Denali to Homer was over an 8 hour drive.  We realized our mistake when planning for the next day travel to Homer and realized our error.  We do not like to travel this far and this long with or without an RV on our backs.  But since all reservations had been made for months, too late now for changes.  Will post from Homer Spit.