Friday, August 7, 2009

Alaskan Wildfires and Travel


The Alaskan wildfire season continues to be challenging. Motorists are warned that driving on the Parks Highway compares to the hazards of severe winter driving, because of the poor visibility from smoke.
There are fire crews working along the Parks. We are glad now that we did not plan to travel to Two Rivers and Denali at this time (although we miss it!).

Zeus and Eos arrived at just the right time, getting out of the smoke. They are great dogs and went for their first run yesterday . It was a bit warm so it was just short, but Zeus is obviously a gee/haw leader and Eos responds to commands but not 'on the dime' as Zeus does, however she will run lead. What a treat to have them join us.
Photo: Denali view in wildfire smoke/particles under the full moon, from Talkeetna Air Taxi webcam. If you click on to enlarge you can view the fire particles in the air.

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