June 29, 2008

Today we were off on bus, then a train to Denali.

Gigi slept as soon as she got on the bus, and she woke up during our first rest stop.

Here she is with Grandma.  She's still a little sleepy.

We made it to the train depot, where we will ride for about 4 hours to Denali.  Here's Grandma and Grandpa with our tour guide, Jesse.

The train car was very luxurious!  We were on the second floor of the train car, and the roof was made of Plexiglas.  We also had our own bartender.  :)  Although, Gigi was content with her organic juice boxes that we had picked up in Anchorage.

Here's Gigi on the train car's "patio".  It was quite cold, but the fresh air felt good.

Here we are having fun on the train.  For some reason, there was an unfortunate mix-up with the dining arrangements.  The train car behind us had it's dining car closed, so those people ate in our dining car and bumped us.  It was TERRIBLE!  

Luckily, Gigi was fed, but our car mates and ourselves, did not.  To keep ourselves busy, a couple of our car mates  played "bartender" and served drinks to everyone to the dismay of the crew...but they were not present.  They were trying to sort out the dining snafu!

Although I didn't take a picture of the BEAUTIFUL view from our hotel, we are actually out on the patio having a cocktails and listening to a lecture by a man who build his own log cabin from scratch!  He also climbed to the top of Denali...the hard way, from his log cabin!  As you can see, the weather was great!  The sun was shining and the sky was clear.  It was just a bit breezy and nippy.

Gigi and Grandma are in the main lobby, where Gigi is showing Grandma her "bear" impression.  :)

Here's my two favorite bears, Papa Bear and Baby Bear.

The restaurant in the hotel was great!  The food was delicious, and the service was great!  Gigi's eating fruit and cheese from the cocktail reception, and she's joined by 'black bear', a gift from our tour guide, Jesse.

While we enjoyed a leisurely meal, Gigi watched her Little Einsteins DVD.

Papa opened up a bottle of Krug Rose to celebrate our 16th anniversary.  Notice Gigi's milk on ice with the champagne.  :)