Thursday qualified as a completely full day! We are putting in 18 hour days and as Mark Cox says and we are coming to believe, "Sleep is for the Weak". Today we started the day with Nan giving us more details on the wildlife of the park. The kids really enjoyed the time that they got to spend with her. Once she was done, the kids started moving. There was the hike up Mt. Healy which was not only challenging but beautiful. Everywhere you looked, there was something spectacular to gaze at. We were tired but agreed it was well worth the effort. A group of us decided to go "flight seeing" so we were whisked to the little airport and put into a plane for a 45 minute flight over the Alaska Range. Denali seemed like it was just a couple of miles away and we agreed that seeing the mountains from the sky made us feel so tiny. The rest of the group was waiting to whisk us off to Cabin Night Dinner Theatre. We arrived and promptly shown our table. We knew that one of the singers/servers was the sister of one of our 2011 graduates, Barrett Tanner. It just so happened that our server was Mary Beth and so we got to spent time with her. The girl can sing! It was great fun and Walker Dyess got to play the part of the moose. Maybe an acting career is in his future. We left stuffed, happy and asking ourselves, "how could this trip get any better"? Luckily, no one seemed to have an answer!
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| Nan showing us a lynx fur |
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| Class with Nan |
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| Cabin Night |
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