We woke this morning to rain -- yes, I am repeating my self!! The rain lightened up around 11 AM so we put on raincoats and walked into town. We went in every shop, had a late lunch (due to poor service and a busy restaurant), then shopped some more. The Denali Ranger station located in Talkeetna is where people who want to climb Mt. McKinley register before the climb. They show an informative video about what all that involves, the time it takes, the weather they endure and the various stops they have to make on the way up. It can take up to 3 weeks to make the climb starting at 7000 feet but only two days to come back down. We also explored the Talkeetna History Museum which was very interesting.
John spent some time checking out flight tours of Mt. McKinley and guided fishing. It seems we are in the thick of Red (King) Salmon fishing in this area. They can fish on one stream until midnight Monday and on other rivers near here until July 13. We'll probably stick around for a few more days so he can fish and then maybe the weather will clear enough to see the mountain and walk on a glacier.
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