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 Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2015 1:52 am |
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The plan for the day was to take hwy 2 from Fairbanks to hwy 8 at Delta Junction to get access to hwy 4 better known as the Denali Hwy. Once we turn on hwy 8 the scenery and the road was pretty amazing.
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Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2015 2:37 am |
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Along the way we could see a glacier on our left. We could also see a road going in the same direction so, we took it to see how far we could make it. The road slowly turn into a trail with some water crossing and a death end. We walked the last 500 ft to see if we could make it but the trail was getting pretty rough and rocky by then. From there maybe a day hacking to the glacier but distances are so hard to tell because the mountains are huge.
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Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2015 1:01 am |
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Awesome photos, hard to imagine how much better with the naked eye.
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Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2015 1:45 am |
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Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2015 2:09 am |
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Too bad we could not make it to the glacier but that was a great way to lose a hour. Time to get back on the Denali hwy. The Denali is over 200km of gravel road with great scenery. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denali_HighwayOnce again lots of aha moments:
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Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2015 2:35 am |
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By the time we finished the ride on the Denali and made it to the town of Cantwell, it was getting pretty late. We fueled our bikes and found a rest stop by the side of the highway with campsite for the night.
This pic was taken at around 11pm on July 15.
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Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2015 6:40 pm |
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Nice pics. i would have been trying to get to the top of those mountains! 
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Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 1:02 am |
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Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 1:10 am |
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Woke up, had coffee and oatmeal and Jeff did his daily chain lube/checks and noticed a leak on one of his fork leg, quick repair!
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Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 1:31 am |
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We were not very far from the Denali National Park so on that morning we were hopping to see the highest mountain in Alaska, Mount McKinley(Denali). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_McKinleyBut no! No luck on that day. This is what it should look like: Maybe I should look for something else to take a picture... this dog in the parking lot instead. 
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