Day 10 Mt. Mckinley Princess lodge/ Talkeetna, Sun Dog Kennels Dog Mushing, Anchorage第十天, 麥金利山旅館, 雪橇狗拉車體驗,安克雷奇

Day 10 Mt. Mckinley Princess lodge/ Talkeetna, Sun Dog Kennels Dog Mushing, Anchorage

Talkeetna Visitor Center

Welcome to Talkeetna Historic Park

We have rescheduled our dog mushing excursion from 8:30AM to 10 AM today and thus, we had a little bit more time to sleep (get up at 7 AM, yeah) and enjoy our breakfast. After our “morning business”, we packed and left our luggage outside of the room, and then we took the shuttle bus from the lodge to Talkeetna for breakfast and dog mushing.

We hopped on the 8AM shuttle bus and arrived Talkeetna around 9AM. We brisk walked through the town and arrived at our destination--- Talkeentna Roadhouse. (http://www.talkeetnaroadhouse.com/cafe-and-bakery.html) I like the TV show called “Man vs Food” by travel channel ® and it has a chapter that talks about Alaska. One of the restaurant that Adam (the host) recommended was the Talkeentna Roadhouse (http://www.travelchannel.com/video/adams-favorite-mvf-meal-12389) and he was impressed by the tastiness of the food, the authethicity of the home-cooking, and the genoursity of the portion. We ordered half portion of the Roadhouse standard breakfast (we exchanged bacon fo reindeer sausage) and a side order of a sourdough hotcake to share. Even the ½ portion had filled us up, I couldn’t imagine what would happen to us if we order the full version.

Talkeetna Roadhouse

Sourdough Pancake



Standard Roadhouse Breakfast (half portion)

After breakfast, we walked to the Sun Dog Kennels store in downtown Talkeetna and staff drove us to the real site to meet with the dogs and musher. Dogsledding was used for transportation, hunting and travel back in the old age until the invention of snowmobile. Travel got easier but dog sledding was at risk of being extinguished. Luckily, the tradition got preserved because of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race held every March in Anchorage. 

Sun Dog Kennels

 
Like Olympic, Iditarod has a story behind it. In 1925 Nome Alaska, there was an episode of diphtheria death and at least 80 people were exposed to the bacteria. 1.1 million units of antitoxin serum were needed and at least 5 more people had died while waiting for the serum. A team of men and sled dogs worked together through the blizzard condition and delivered the serum in 5.5 days instead of the usual 25 days (through the usual mail route). A lot of children were saved on the costs of sled dogs’ life and part of the reason that Iditarod is held is to remember the heroic “serum run” from Nulato to Nome.

We arrived the “real site” for dog sledding around 10:15 AM and we could feel the “heat” from the enthusiastic dogs. I have never seen that many dogs in one place and all were barking and jumping at the same time. I asked the staff if the dogs were mad or tense since they saw 2 strangers walked in. The staff said the dogs were excited and trying to do all the tricks to get attentions. The owner had us sit in the cart and the team would choose the best dogs to participate in the running. We had 2 lead dogs, 2 swing dogs right behind the lead dogs, 6 dogs behind the swing dogs and 2 wheel dogs in front of the cart.

Who is the lucky one?

 

Run Run Run!!!

It was funny to see that when the dogs got picked and they would communicate with the friends who didn’t get picked yet-- sounds like the lucky dogs were telling its friends what tricks they need to do in order to be picked. And don’t get fooled by the harsh barking-- all dogs were very friendly and they loved to play and run with human. We sat in the cart being pulled by the dogs and see how the dogs changed direction with the owner’s whistle. I enjoyed the ride and wished it were winter so that we could ride the sledge on the ice. We stopped at the river so that doggy could rest and get rehydrated, then they took us back to the site and learned about how Sun Dog Kennels prepares for the Iditarod race each year.

Iditarod route for Odd and Even year

Rest~Re-Hydrate!

Beautiful dogs with good manners

Still beautiful~ but doesn't care about how its look

According to the owner, he will pick the best dogs for the race each year and each team can send 12-16 dogs to participate. Owner needs to ship the frozen food for the dogs before the game started and the food are packed in multiple small packages so that individual package will be sent to each checkpoint of the race. There are minimal requirements for the “survival package” such as a 1.75 pounds- 22 inches long (handle) axe, an at least 5 pounds sleeping bag, an operational cooker and pot that is big enough to boil at least 3 gallons of water (to heat up the food for the dog), at least 8 booties for each dog, a sled that is big enough to carry an injured or fatigue dog, etc. (For details: http://www.canismajor.com/dog/iditarod.html) It was interesting to see how the musher prepare for the game and what challenges he could have during the race.

Wife of the owner trying to explain about the "Survival Package"

A bucket that at least holds 3 gallons of water

Puppies~ new born

Puppies~ 4-6 months old!

After the educational tour, it’s the time to meet with the little puppy! The wife of the owner handed us the two little puppies and they were still asleep while they were brought to us. Maybe they are still little and not enough fur to cover themselves, they were shivering when I held them. And then we met with the 4-6 months puppies--- they were so playful and energetic!! I had fun playing with them and I retreated at the end as I was tired. After saying goodbye to those lovely doggies, the wife of the owner drove us back to the downtown Talkeetna. She dropped us off at the Sun Dog Kennels office and we ran across the street to catch the Princess shuttle back to the lodge.

Mt. McKinley

Map of mountains

Captain Cook Hotel

A view from the window

We went back to the lodge and took pictures of Mt. Mckinley--since there were some sunny spell. Then we had lunch, gather ourselves and be prepared for the shuttle bus going from the lodge to Anchorage. It took about 3 hours to commute to Anchorage and we arrived hotel Captain Cook around 6PM. It was the Memorial Day Holiday and the streets were dead quiet. We walked from the hotel to Humpy’s Alaskan Alehouse in Anchorage for dinner. (http://www.travelchannel.com/tv-shows/man-v-food/episodes/anchorage#map-scroll) We ordered a horseradish crusted halibut ($21.99), white bean sausage soup and an extra ½ pound red king crab leg ($22.99) and they were all very good. I was planning to order the famous berry crisp ($7.99) for dessert but too bad that there wasn’t any more space in my stomach. After dinner, we walked back to the hotel since all the stores (except for restaurants) were closed on the holiday, there were no point to walk around. We called it off for the day.

Humpy's Man VS Food Contest

White Bean Sausage Soup

1/2 pound Red Alaskan King Crab Leg

Horseradish Crusted Halibut

Berry Crisp- as seen in Bon Appetit Magazine

第十天, 麥金利山旅館, 雪橇狗拉車體驗,安克雷奇

 

我們把雪橇狗拉車體驗由原訂的早上8時30分延後至早上10時，因此，我們能騰出多一點點的時間休息（早上7點才起床啊），並享受我們的早餐。 梳洗過後，我們把行李整頓好, 然後放在房間外. 接著，我們便乘搭館內穿梭巴士從旅館到塔爾基特納去吃早餐和體驗雪橇狗拉車。

我們乘搭上午8時的巴士，於上午9點左右到達Talkeetna。我們快步走過市鎮,到達我們的目的地--- Talkeentna Roadhouse。 （http://www.talkeetnaroadhouse.com/cafe-and-bakery.html）我喜歡的旅遊飲食電視節目 “Man vs Food”其中有一章是介紹阿拉斯加的餐廳，主持人Adam推薦這Talkeentna Roadhouse 餐廳因為他對這家餐廳的家庭式操作, 食物的烹調口味及毫不吝惜的份量印象深刻. （http://www.travelchannel.com/video/adams-favorite-mvf-meal-12389）。我們只點了半份Roadhouse的標準早餐（我們要求馴鹿香腸, 不要煙肉）及點了一小份的酸奶熱香餅。即使是半份的份量也把我們的肚子塞滿了，我無法想像如果我們點了整份早餐,後果會是如何。

 

早餐後，我們走到市中心的雪橇狗店門市部去報到, 然後工作人員便開車帶我們到真正的雪橇狗拉車場地. 在開發初期,雪橇狗車是阿拉斯加主要的運輸工具. 無論運送貨物, 打獵, 交通…全都依賴雪橇狗車. 直到發明了雪地摩托車, 人們便開始依賴摩托車而棄用雪橇車. 摩托車令交通運輸變得更容易，但同時亦把雪橇狗車這文化推至被熄滅的危險邊沿。幸好每年三月都會在安克雷奇舉行艾迪塔羅雪橇狗拉車比賽，雪橇狗車 的傳統及文化因而得到了保存。

和奧運會一樣，艾迪塔羅雪橇狗拉車比賽也有它背後的故事。在1925年, 阿拉斯加的諾姆市爆發了第一宗因白喉而死亡的個案，至少有80人亦受到細菌的感染。 他們需要110萬個單位的抗毒素血清而至少有5人在等待救援的時候, 還沒有等到抗毒素血清便死去了。有一群英勇的壯男自告奮勇的說要把血清送到疫區．　他們帶著雪橇狗沿著郵路而過．　即使是在暴風雪的環境裡亦不減他們的銳氣．　他們在5.5天內抵達疫區，比平常的25天快很多。雖然有許多雪橇狗在這運送血清過程中犧牲了，但卻救活了許多孩子．　舉行艾迪塔羅雪橇狗拉車比賽的一其中一個原因就是要記念這些英雄，記念他們從Nulato把血清送到諾姆這偉大的行為．

我們在上午10時15分左右到達雪橇狗場．　我們在外面已經可以感受到那些熱血沸騰的雪橇狗那興奮的心情。我從來沒有見過有那麼多狗在同一個地方聚集，而且它們在同一時間又跳又叫。我問工作人員狗狗們是否看到了陌生人所以生氣或緊張？工作人員笑說狗兒看到了客人所以興奮；它們更試圖做所有的特技來獲得關注。狗主讓我們坐在車上，然後與其他工作人員一起選擇最好的狗為我們拉車。我們有2隻狗領袖，2隻方向狗，6隻跑狗，及2隻導向狗。

我觀察到一個很有趣的現象──　被挑選了的狗狗會和他們未被挑選的朋友們溝通，就像一個幸運被挑選了的狗告訴自己的朋友們，說他們需要做些什麼動作來引人注目，以被揀選。不要被它們凶惡的狗叫聲誤導了, 其實它們都非常友善，而且他們都很喜歡跟人類玩及跑步．我們坐在車裡看著狗狗們拉車，看看狗主人的一聲哨響便改變了狗隻們的跑道方向。真希望現在是冬天, 那我們便能夠乘坐雪橇在冰雪上滑行。我們在河邊休息，讓狗狗們喝水降溫, 然後再跑回Sun Kennels雪橇狗場去了解他們每年是如何準備艾迪塔羅比賽.

據店主說，每年他都會挑選最好的狗去參加比賽，而每隊可以派最少12隻,最多16隻狗參加比賽。在比賽開始前, 狗主需要把狗狗們冷凍的食物 以小包包裝好運送到比賽的主辦單位, 然後每一包食物將會被運送到每個檢查站。這就是在比賽期間狗狗們每天的糧食了. 每一位參賽者都有最底要求的“生存配備”，例如他們必須攜帶一把至少1.75磅，22英寸長的斧頭，至少5磅的睡袋; 煮食器具及 最少能夠煮沸3加侖水的鍋（用作加熱狗食物），每隻狗至少有8隻腳套，雪橇車的尺寸要至少能夠放下受傷或疲累的狗，等等, 等等（有關詳情：http://www.canismajor.com/dog/ iditarod.html）有機會去了解參賽者如何準備比賽及怎樣去刻服比賽中的挑戰及困難, 這實在是一個難能可貴的機會。

上過教育課後，是時候去見可愛的小狗了！狗主的太太給我們帶來了兩隻小狗，而小狗帶來的時候還在睡覺呢! 也許他們還小，沒有足夠的皮毛來保暖; 當我抱著他們的時候, 他們還在瑟瑟發抖呢。接著，我們便到4-6個月大的小狗那裡跟他們玩---嘩!! 他們是如此好玩及活力充沛的啊！和他們一起玩真的很開心—可是很累. 後來我也因為太累而”退出”。告別那些可愛的小狗後，狗主的太太便開車送我們回到塔基特納市中心。她在Sun Kennels的門市部放下我們，我們便跑到對面去, 乘搭公主旅館的穿梭巴士了。

回到旅館後, 因為有短暫陽光的關係, 我們立刻替麥金利山拍照。我們吃過午飯整頓一下後, 便準備乘搭穿梭巴士由旅館到阿拉斯加的安克雷奇。由旅館到安克雷奇大約須要車程3個小時. 我們在下午6點左右抵達庫克船長酒店。 由於今天是陣亡將士紀念日(公眾假期)，整條街都是死氣沉沉的。我們從酒店走到Humpy’s Alaskan Alehouse去吃飯。 （http://www.travelchannel.com/tv-shows/man-v-food/episodes/anchorage#map-scroll)），我們點了芥末麵包糠煎大比目魚（$21.99），白豆香腸湯和半磅重的紅皇帝蟹腿（22.99美元），所有食物都非常好吃。我本想點叫他們有名的berry crisp漿果酥（7.99美元）可是我的肚子已經沒有更多的空間了。晚飯後，我們返回酒店休息，因為所有的商店（除了餐廳外）都因為今天是假日而全都關門了．　

Bucket List: Day 9 Denali Natural History Tour and Mt. Mckinley Princess Wilderness Lodge (Talkeetna) 第九天 迪納利自然歷史生態觀察團至麥金利山公主號原野旅館

Source from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Aurora_Borealis_Poster.jpg



Day 9 Denali Natural History Tour and Mt. Mckinley Princess Wilderness Lodge (Talkeetna)

Another “getting up early” day as we had an early excursion-- Denali Natural History Tour at 7:30AM. Denali Natural History Tour is a scenic bus tour that consists of a ride to the visitor center for the award-winning film “Across Time and Tundra” -- which showed the development of roads and hotels in the early age, and eventually the national park. (Details about the development: http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/dena/dena_concession.pdf)

The tour exposes guests to the six-million-acre wilderness, which is the habitual of the wildlife; and also the Savage cabin where a native in her costume will explain about the life in the pioneer days. At around mile 9, which is about half of the tour, the full aspect of the 20,320 ft high Mt. Mckinley could be viewed in distance.

Sourdough Walnut Casserole, Walnut Muffin

Reindeer Sausage, Scamble Egg, Walnut Muffin

We had the sourdough-casserole, reindeer sausage breakfast buffet ($14.99 PP) at the Denali restaurant (same place as the Music of Denali Dinner Theater) and then we headed out to the main lobby and wait for the Natural History Tour. The bus driver was our tour guide for the entire trip and he provided the narrative description of the history and background of Denali National Park. Usually at this time of the year, a lot of wildlife would be out in the field enjoying the spring; however, due to the heavy rain this morning, we couldn’t see any animal except for a porcupine. If we could choose the time of the tour, we would have chose the afternoon tour-- just because the sky opened up later and I heard some visitors saw caribous and mooses in the wilderness.

Denali Princess Wilderness Lodge

Denali National Park

Mountain and Ice (source: Denali-A Living Tapestry by Alaska Geographic)

Park Road and Bus Route (source: Denali-A Living Tapestry by Alaska Geographic)

The six million acres Denali National park is an ecosystem with caribous, bears, wolves, Dall sheep, moose, soapberries, willows, birches, fungi, tundra plants, etc are living together in an equilibrium relationship. Even the snow in the winter plays a role in the equilibrium by keeping the temperature underneath the snow at zero degree to prevent creatures from the harsh below-zero temperature above the snow. Our bus drove from the George Parks Highway to the Park Road and on our way we passed the Park Headquarters, Savage Cabin, Savage river checkpoint and Primrose Ridge. I enjoyed the movies “Across time and Tundra” and the story telling at the Savage Cabin. Immersing in the wilderness made me realized how tiny I am when compared to the huge nature and nothing (problems) really matter anymore.


Our one and only one wildlife that we saw: Porcupine

Denali National Park

Denali National Park- Primrose ridge

Denali National Park- Primrose ridge

White Dall Sheeps (source: Denali-A Living Tapestry by Alaska Geographic)

Mooses (source: Denali-A Living Tapestry by Alaska Geographic)

We came back to the lodge around 11:45 AM and decided to have lunch early so that we can prepare for the departure at 2 PM. We went to Salmon Baked restaurant and ordered a yak quesadillas and a salmon seafood chowder for lunch. The salmon chowder was good but the yak was a little bit bland. Maybe I was expecting the gamey taste from the yak meat, I didn’t taste much except for the cheese in the yak quesadillas. I like this restaurant but if you were in hurry, it might not be right for you. The group sat next to us had booked a tour around 1PM and they were like the ants in a wok- jumping up and down. They complained that the food and service were really slow and almost had to cancel all the orders. Luckily, it was a happy ending for both group- but I guess the restaurant should take a look with the staffing and long food-waiting time.

Chulitna River

The BUS going from the lodge to Talkeetna

(source: Denali-A Living Tapestry by Alaska Geographic)

After lunch, we waited at the lobby for the 2 PM motor coach taking us from the Denali Princess Wilderness Lodge to the Mt. McKinley Princess Wilderness Lodge. It took around 3 hours to commute and on our way down to Mt. McKinley, we passed the Alaska Veterans’ Monument. (http://dnr.alaska.gov/parks/aspunits/matsu/akveteransmemorial.htm) We arrived the Mt.Mckinley lodge around 5 PM and we were planning to take the shuttle ($10 per person) to Talkeetna for a walk. I’m glad that the excursion desk staff informed us that most of the stores in Talkeetna would be closed by this time- the only reason to go now would be checking out the restaurants/ having dinner. I was not interested in taking an hour long shuttle just for dinner, thus, instead of going to Talkeetna, we stayed in the lodge.

Horse-Drawn Wagon Ride

Internet Room @ Mt.Mckinely Princess Lodge

The Great Room@ Mt.Mckinely Princess Lodge

The Great Room@ Mt.Mckinely Princess Lodge

Coffee bar by the Great Room@ Mt.Mckinely Princess Lodge

We walked around the lodge and hike with the 2 out of 3 trail inside the lodge. Since it was drizzling, we didn’t see any moose but we saw a lot of interesting-looking plants. We had dinner at 20320 Alaskan Grill-- a more reasonable priced restaurant when compared to Mountain View Dining Room. We had the BBQ rib ($19.99) and grilled salmon with blueberry glaze ($23.99) for dinner. 

Funny looking plant @ the trail in Mt. Mckinley Lodge

Funny looking plant@ the trail in Mt. Mckinley Lodge

Look at the 3D line on the leaves~increasing the surface for light?

Mt.Mckinely Princess Lodge

Chulitna River close to the Mt.Mckinely Princess Lodge

After dinner, we went to the theater for the Photosymphony ® -- LeRoy’s Zimmerman’s Aurora Experience (http://www.photosymphony.com/ ; for LeRoy’s Zimmerman’s collection, please check this website: http://leroyzimmerman.com/ and for pictures of Aurora, please check this website: http://leroyzimmerman.com/galleries/interior_alaska_auroras/index.html) Photosymphony ® was a show that combined classical music and Aurora pictures and it was a stunning experience (words can’t describe, sorry) that I highly recommend anyone who stays at Mt. McKinley Princess lodge, Copper River Princess Lodge, or plans to visit Fairbanks Lacy Street Theater to watch this widescreen panoramic masterpiece. ($8 per person, 7PM and 8PM show at Mt. Mckinley lodge.) We had the Photosymphony ® as our ending music for the day.

20320 Alaskan Grill Restaurant

BBQ Rib by 20320 Alaskan Grill Restaurant

Blueberry Glaced Grilled Salmon by 20320 Alaskan Grill Restaurant

第九天 迪納利自然歷史生態觀察團至麥金利山公主號原野旅館 (Talkeetna)

今天亦是另外一天要提早起床的日子: 因為我們被安排參加了早上7時30分的迪納利自然歷史生態觀察團. 這個風景觀光巴士團會帶遊客到旅客中心去觀看得獎電影“Across Time and Tundra”. 這是一套介紹當年阿拉斯加怎樣開發的電影- 由怎樣開闢道路, 第一間酒店/旅館, 至國家公園的產生. (詳細內容請參照這網頁: http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/dena/dena_concession.pdf)
然後會讓旅客置身於6百萬畝的草原中去觀看野生動物; 穿著印地安民族服飾的土著會在Savage cabin恭候大家, 她會細說當年開拓時代的生活故事. 大概在整個車程的一半/ 9英哩的時候, 旅行車會抵達一個地方能夠看到20,320 英尺高的麥金利山. 雖然是遠眺,但仍能感受到麥金利山的雄偉.

(source: Denali-A Living Tapestry by Alaska Geographic)

我們到迪納利餐廳（跟昨晚的迪納利音樂劇場餐廳自助晚餐同址）去吃早餐（自助餐形式，每位$14.99美元，有馴鹿香腸，酸麵團肉桂焦糖煮，炒蛋，等等）接著我們便到大堂集合等候巴士團．巴士司機亦是我們的導遊先生, 全程他會提供詳細的歷史及文化背景資料. 一般動物都會在春季這季節出動, 享受著萬象更新,花草萌芽的時候; 可是今天早上滂沱大雨, 除了看到一隻箭豬外, 甚麼動物都看不到. 若果我們有機會選擇的話, 我們會選擇下午出發的巴士團—因為下午的天氣比較好, 而且有旅客說他們能看到駝鹿及馴鹿的蹤影.

Savage Cabin

Savage Cabin

Savage Cabin

Savage Cabin

Savage Cabin

Savage Cabin

六百萬畝的迪納利國家公園是一個完善的生態平衡系統: 馴鹿, 駝鹿, 巨熊, 狼, 多爾大角羊, 無患子, 柳樹, 樺木, 真菌, 苔原植物, 等等,大家互相依靠, 互為因果而生存. 即使冬天裡的雪亦在生態平衡系統中扮演重要的角色. 雪以上的地方/空氣是零度以下, 相當寒冷. 相對地, 雪扮演著”保暖”的角色, 令雪以下的地方保持在零度溫度, 讓有些生物能夠在穩定的氣溫中渡過寒冬. 巴士從
George Parks Highway 開到Park Road. 沿途經過Park Headquarters, Savage Cabin, Savage river checkpoint 及 Primrose Ridge. 看了經典的 “Across time and Tundra” 電影及在Savage Cabin聽了有趣的歷史故事, 感覺充實有趣. 身處於無邊無制的原野中令我頓然覺得自己是有多渺小; 相對起浩大的大自然, 個人的問題亦只是細小的一項而已.

我們大概在早上11時45分完成觀察團回到旅館大堂. 我們決定早一點去吃午飯, 讓自己有充裕的時間去準備下午2時的巴士到下一個目的地. 我們再回到Salmon Baked 餐廳用午膳. 我們點了犛牛芝士夾餅及三文魚海鮮周打湯. 海鮮湯味道不錯但是犛牛肉略嫌淡了一點. 可能是我對犛牛肉有所期望- 期待它有一種野生動物的騷腥味. 可能是有所期待, 所以當我吃到只有芝士味的犛牛芝士夾餅時,頓然有些失望. 我們都很喜歡這家的餐廳, 可是若果你要趕時間的話,那你可要三思三思. 坐在我們隔壁的旅客們需要在下午12時多至1時前完成午餐因為他們下一個活動是在下午一時開始. 他們投訴這裡的服務及出菜的速度都很慢, 他們焦慮得像鍋裡的螞蟻一樣-坐立不安, 差點要把所有點的菜都全部取消,趕到活動集合區. 幸好在最後關頭, 所有食物都一一到齊,雙贏的局面, 但餐廳真的須要認真檢討一下緩慢的出菜速度及服務.

三文魚海鮮周打湯

犛牛芝士夾餅

午飯後, 我們回到旅館大堂等候下午2時的巴士. 巴士由迪納利公主原野旅館開至麥金利山公主原野旅館, 全程大概3小時, 途中會經過阿拉斯加退伍軍人紀念碑 (http://dnr.alaska.gov/parks/aspunits/matsu/akveteransmemorial.htm)
我們大概在下午5時抵達麥金利山旅館. 我們本想乘搭館內巴士(每位$10元,美元)到Talkeetna 去遊玩參觀, 興幸活動服務台的服務員提點了我們說這時候 (下午5時)所有商店都差不多關掉了. 現在乘車到那裡的原因只有是為了到那裡用餐.我對坐一個小時車去用餐這個想法並不感興趣, 於是我們決定留在館內, 放棄今天到Talkeetna去.
我們在主館內參觀, 然後在館內的遠足徑走動探索. 因為天雨的關係, 我們未能看到駝鹿的蹤影, 但這裡有很多樣子長得很奇怪的植物. 我們到20320 Alaskan Grill 吃晚餐- 這裡食物的價錢比起Mountain View Dining Room合理得多. 我們點了炭燒牛骨 ($19.99) 及藍草莓醬燒三文魚 ($23.99)--- 一字記之曰:好 !!

藍草莓醬燒三文魚 Blueberry Glaced Grilled Salmon

Mt.McKinley Princess Lodge

Mt.McKinley Princess Lodge

晚飯後, 我們到館內的劇場去欣賞LeRoy’s Zimmerman 的大作: Photosymphony ® 北極光之旅. <<Photosymphony ® -- LeRoy’s Zimmerman’s Aurora Experience http://www.photosymphony.com/ ; LeRoy’s Zimmerman的其他作品,請到這網站: http://leroyzimmerman.com/ LeRoy’s Zimmerman北極光的有關圖片,請到此網站: http://leroyzimmerman.com/galleries/interior_alaska_auroras/index.html) Photosymphony ® 是一個古典音樂加上北極光影片的混合體. 這大師級的製作令人讚嘆不已, 不是筆墨能夠形容的體驗. 我極力推薦所有會住在Mt. McKinley 公主號原野旅館, Copper River公主號原野旅館, 或會計畫到Fairbanks Lacy Street Theater劇院的旅客去觀賞這大銀幕全景的傑作. (每位$8 美元, 麥金利山旅館 Mt. Mckinley lodge的播影時間是晚上7時及8時.) 我們以Photosymphony ® 作為我們今天的完結音樂.