WOW is all I can say about our trip into Denali National Park. Going in, our tour guide Jeff said we may see a lot of wildlife, or possible none at all. Of course, that’s what made this trip exciting, as all of us were on the edge of our seats checking out every thing that moved, or in many cases, didn’t move (i.e. rocks on a mountainside). The first part of the trip we enjoyed the beautiful scenery, the rivers, the valleys, the mountains. The weather must have changed a million times as we ascended higher and higher. We were climbing to about 4000 ft. Jeff said we would have a better chance of seeing wildlife at higher elevations. During the warmer months, most of the animals head for cooler places. Jeff was right! It wasn’t long before we spotted our first big group of Dall Sheep on a mountainside. They usually graze high on the mountains to stay away from predators such as wolves and lynx. We then saw plenty of snowshoe hares and arctic squirrels. They were everywhere, darting in and out of brush, trying to avoid the birds of prey. We saw a few of those birds as well. Jeff our guide became extremely excited when he spotted a mama wolf with dinner in its mouth, following the river bed to its den. He said there is no doubt in his mind several wolf cubs were waiting anxiously for dinner. For me, the most exciting sighting were the grizzly bears. We saw two sets of three along the way. They were hard to see from a distance, but Jeff was able to zoom in with his bus camera, and we got a great look at Mama Bear and two baby cubs. That was pretty cool. Unfortunately, no Moose or Lynx sighting, but we saw just about everything else, including several groups of Caribou. No Mt. McKinley sighting either, but that’s not unusual. Jeff says only about 15 times out of a hundred will you see McKinley. We did see spectacular colors in the mountains, and even numerous gorgeous rainbows. Our 8 hour trip into Denali was over, and by all accounts, was a success!