Alaska to Seattle to New York City... Vacation ends, back home finally!

Day 12 - Mad rush & awesomeness of the last day with huskies and baby moose and flattop mountain and beautiful true Alaska

Waking up in nice tent after deep sleep next to the creek, was amazing. But we were still so tired.. Regardless, we headed back to Denali National Park to checkout dog sled kennel & musher camp. It was cool, really cool, to see those cute husky dogs pulling the sled. Then took a drive to mile 15 and saw moose mother with baby. Then we headed towards Anchorage after awesome Alaskan lunch. Out first stop was Flattop mountain, but thanks to google maps we landed behind the mountain first. Thankfully it was 15 mins from real entrance and the views of sea, mountains and city were just spectacular. Then we drove back to downtown Anchorage for a stroll in the town. It's a beautiful fun place. After quick dinner we headed back to airport to catch our flight (Alskan Airlines to Seattle and then AA to JFK). Now waiting in plane for plane to take off. After all, every awesome adventure has an end... Until the next one starts!!

Landing in Seward, shuttle to Anchorage, drive to Denali National Park

We landed early morning in Seward. , disembarked the ship, and boarded the shuttle bus to Anchorage. The route is extremely scenic and just beautiful, but super tiredness and sleepiness, didn't keep us awake, for most of the ride. At the airport, we picked the Chevrolet Sonic LTZ (light, small & cool car but not so great pick up) and started the drive to Denali. We did stop at a Korean coffee place for lunch where we got served with 'Panini Lap', yes, it was called "lap" and not wrap. Anyways, drive to Denali national park was alright, with decent views but nothing spectacular. We had wilderness tour to mile 53, Toklak. The bus ride was amazing, just great views of mountains, landscape (we saw Mount McKinley) and wildlife (ground squirrel, caribou, bald eagle and also Moose). We got back around midnight but as you can see by pics, it was still bright. That's true Alaska! I asked the guy earlier at wilderness center that when does it gets dark, he said 'mid-August'. Anyways, after a quick post-midnight dinner of hot (reindeer/elk topping) pizza we had a good night sleep in out creek-side beautiful tent. The day in true Alaska was just AMAZING!