...at the foot of Mt. McKinley (which they still seem to call it on this side of the park). We arrived here and were assigned buses for the 1 1/2 ride to the McKinley Princess Lodge. We made a stop near the "city" limits of Talkeetna though where the driver told us if we wanted to explore the town and take a later bus to the Lodge, we would avoid the $10/person fee. Gerry was more interested in not riding 1 1/2 hr. to the Lodge, 1 1/2 hr. back to Talkeetna, and yet another 1 1/2 hr. back to the Lodge.
Naturally we opted to get off here at 4:55 pm. The next buses would leave at 5:30 pm, 6:30 pm, 7:30 pm and 9:00 pm. If we hadn't stopped for a local brew, we'd have walked the entire length of town and back and still have had 10 minutes to spare waiting for the 5:30 bus.
As it was we discovered the Denali Brewing Company and felt the need to sample a flight of the four beers they were currently brewing. Let's just say I wouldn't come to Talkeetna just for the beer...
...especially when there are other creepier places to visit. Like the little gift shop/creey wax museum that she wouldn't charge us to visit and then directed us downstairs (which is usually the time in the movie where you get locked in and the creatures come to life. Clearly these weren't coming to life - check out Diamond Jim's hands!, but the sound effects operated by motion detector were a little discomforting!)
~later, tw
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