Visiting Alaska was always a dream...it just seemed like the perfect place to go to, had a touristy zing to it. We kept thinking about planning the visit, until about a month ago in April 2011 when we seriously decided to go. Rahul had made up his mind and as we sat at Barnes and Noble, sifting through pages of National Geographic, awestruck at the beautiful landscape and wildlife, we saw our dream materializing right in front of us. Before we knew it, we had booked our tickets through American Airlines and Alaska Air (RDU -> Chicago -> Anchorage). From there on it was an interesting 12 day, 1800 mile road trip...Read on!!
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Rahul had planned the trip so well that in spite of reaching Anchorage 7 hours later than we had previously anticipated (thanks to the fog in Chicago), we were fine. Our baggage had also decided to take a path of its own, and we did not have our camping gear for Day 1 Camping at Denali. After reaching Anchorage at 8pm (instead of 1pm) we realized that in summer, 1pm looks exactly like 8pm in Alaska...bright sunlight welcomed us and made our 5 hour drive to Denali National Park much easier. We checked in at a cabin close to the park for the night, and retired for the day, hoping for a smoother tomorrow.
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