Matt and Lucor

One of Matthew's favorite jobs, as a volunteer, is walking "our" sled dog, Lucor.  (Yeah, no surprise there; my son has quite the affinity for dogs!)

We walk on the road bordered by taiga (boreal forest)--the largest terrestrial biome in the world.  This is also one of the favorite stomping grounds of our moose, so we are ever vigilant!  

There are only two biomes here in Denali.  Both the taiga and tundra (biome at a higher elevation and devoid of trees) can be seen in this photo 

Matt and Lucor!  Lucor is the lead dog for most winter runs and often for the summer season demonstrations. 

The Alaska Range...It isn't clear in the photo, but the depth and majesty of this range is overwhelming.
When I look at these mountains, I feel this insistence to exclaim, "To infinity and beyond!"  (I don't think Buzz Lightyear will mind that I borrow his catchphrase!)   

Heading back to the kennel...just one of our inspiring views.

*I have replaced the duplicated photos in First two weeks in Denali--highlights with a video.

This next week will probably be our last in the park headquarters, so I will take photos of us working at our various jobs and get them into the blog.

I say probably because park politicians are still debating about when to begin the project that tears-up our RV site.

We are currently working at the Denali Visitor Center (about a mile into the park) and living at the Park Headquarters (at about 3.2 miles).  If we move, we will be driving the RV out to Toklat  River Rest Stop (53 miles) and working both there and at Eielson Visitor Center (66 miles).

Here, this map might be more clear...I noted the miles in the caption above because there is only one road in the park.  A round-trip bus ride to Toklat is 6 hours; Eielson is 8 hours.  Once we are "out there", we will not be driving out of the park for weeks. Hmmm, means a trip to Fairbanks for groceries and sundries.