WEDNESDAY, July 18th, 2007

Finally, a full night's sleep. The kids were in bed around 9:30 and slept til 8am. That is a first on this trip. We caught the train out of Denali at 12:15. An 8 hour ride to Anchorage, but everyone agreed, it seemed like two hours. Beautiful scenery, comfortable seating, just easy to relax. Matt met a new friend from Montana ("Timmy"). I think his dog's name is Lassie. We were all reminded of how much we enjoyed the train from Philly to NYC and how it went by too fast as well. We might have to do this train thing again!

The employees on the train actually enjoyed their jobs making you comfortable -- perhaps the airlines could take a few lessons up here.

Not the most active picture day locked on a train all day, but these were taken from the observation car. The river is at Hurricane Gulch a 900 ft span 300ft over the river. Meghan was looking for a hand to hold.