Mama & baby

The mother moose have moved into the campground and are having their babies, even tho we have seen this for 3 years running it is so exciting to see them back again. We knew this on Saturday night when we got several reports from guest seeing a mother & twins and a mother with a single calf. We also got several reports that there was a grizzle bear chasing them all through the campground. We had to call National Park service and the ranger and Dennis did the best they could trying to catch up to the bear. As luck would have it the bear never caught the calves and finally moved on. This went on from around 7:30 p.m. to midnight. The NPS rangers said if there had been a kill site then they would close down the campground and everyone would have to leave. Several guest got pictures of the bear as he did what they call a bluff charge at them. The NPS ranger also said they think this was a juvenile bear as it was not really skilled at catching the calves. Also the mother moose seem to know how to keep away from him. ALLS WELL THAT END WELL

Moose who wanted to know

We had twin yearlings on our lot this morning and one seem to want to know what everything was. She was checking out our screen in area and our wood pile and then came right up next to the Motor Home to check and see what Dennis walking sticks were. They then moved on as people were moving around and they did not like that. We are pretty sure these are yearling as the Mother moose come into the campground area and chase off their yearlings so they can have their new babies.

Strange camping

We see all kinds of camping units but had not ever seen one like this.

Spring in Denali

Spring has come to Denali. The kids are out playing and the flowers are blooming, spring will not be here long but the weather has been great and we are hoping that it stays that way all summer.

Cold in Alaska

If you do not think it is cold up here in the morning, you can see from Socks our cat that it can get cold. She is on our bed hiding in the blankets.

Gator

Instead of a golf cart this year they gave us a John Deere Gator. The bad thing is that there is no top, so Dennis being who he is went to the bus barn to see if there was anything we could use. They were throwing out a couple of old golf carts so they said we could have the top off one of them. Dennis brought it back to our site and we put on to the Gator. Problem solved, now we have a top so when it rains we can stay dry.

Water

On May 21st we had another day off and we drove out to Savage River as the camp host there had some wood for us that had come from trees falling down. It was not long after we got back that the water got turned on and that made for a very good day. Now we can shower and wash dishes with out worrying if we are using to much of our water that we had in our tanks. As you can see this allows Dennis to do some dust control. It has been warm and dry here since we arrived. We got alittle rain this morning but not much. We have started slow this year in the campground only having about 20 to 25 guest. We are use to have 50 to 60 guest. This coming weekend is Memorial weekend and our boss says that this weekend will tell how they will think the rest of the year will go. They are saying that the reservations are down by 70%, but only time will tell if we are going to get busy later or not. They have cut back employees in all departments because of their predictions.