Sanctuary River Hike/Packraft Trip in Denali

On Sunday, Nathaniel Wilder and Karen Hilton and I drove up to Cantwell where we spent the night on the side of the road and left the car for the beginning of our trip on Monday morning. We hiked about 15 miles on Monday and floated about 20 on Tuesday on the Sanctuary River. The take-out was the park road where we caught a bus that took us back to the visitor center where we were able to hitchhike back to town for pizza and then hitched two more times to get back to the car in Cantwell. Too many stories to list - but the highlight was most definitely spending a couple hours watching a herd of Caribou and a Grizzly Bear unknowingly head right at each other, with the bear finally realizing it's opportunity and chasing the caribou down trying to catch one. Fortunately for the 'Boo, the bear had no strategy or skill, and came up empty handed.