8/1/12 TALKEETNA, AK

We arrived in Talkeetna by noon and check into the Talkeetna Camper Park.  We need full hook ups so we can dump, refill and charge the batteries.  They only have 5 FHU sites and only 1 available for 1 night.  Good enough.  We got set up and walked the little town of Talkeetna.  It’s a nice quaint little community.  The buildings all look pretty old, gift shops, café’s and lots of flight companies here.  You can charter a plane to fly you over Mt. McKinley (Denali).   Some even land on glaciers and let you walk around.  This is the gathering place for climbers; lots of folks want to reach the summit of Mt. McKinley.  We walked through the Talkeetna cemetery. They have a nice memorial to all the climbers that have lost their lives.  I would probably stay another day but they don’t have much in the way of RV camping here so we’ll move on up the highway to Denali State Park.  They have one park I want to stay at that’s on/near a lake that sounds like it has ambiance and some hiking trails.  It’s only 50 miles or so from here.  We’ll be living off grid while there then go on up to Denali National Park.