On Saturday we ate our last meal on the cruise before disembarking the ship.

Then we took a bus from Whittier to the lodge near Denali State Park. On the way we saw some beautiful glaciers and passed through a very long, claustrophobic tunnel.

Lydia took this shot of Clarissa on the way.

The kids drew to entertain themselves. I took a picture of Soren’s drawing because I knew it would make Nana most especially happy!

When we arrived at the lodge we took a very short walk to the Treehouse, which had amazing views of Denali. It is such a breathtaking mountain!

After that the kids played at various parts in the lodge grounds before dinner.

  • The kids made all sorts of rock altars.

We watched a presentation from two climbers of Denali and a beautiful slideshow of pictures of the Aurora.

Abe made friends with one of the climbers who lost a leg and still broke records with his climbing accomplishments.