The one and only "Walmike's"! This was the type of experience we would have missed if we had not rented a car and gone on a "ship, train, bus" tour! Mike was quite a character and very interesting to talk to! Mike greeted us wearing a grizzly bear claw necklace and a hat made from a black bear pelt!

"Walmike" and his friend, she is wearing a polar bear fur hat.

When we arrived at Denali National Park most of the views were obscured by smoke from wildfires in Fairbanks. Over 1 million acres were on fire, much of the smoke had drifted south. For 3-1/2 of the 4 days we were in the park, the visibility was 1/4th to 1 mile. :(