Seat 2A would love to join y'all down south but alas, Friday evening I will be 250 miles to the north, returning 40 some odd of our nation's finest from another fine day in Denali National Park.

Great animal day yesterday on the 1030am Eielson run! 11 grizzlies, oodles of caribou, a mess of Dall sheep, 1 porcupine and 1 cow moose. Oh yes, three arctic ground squirrels as well. Not bad for an otherwise cold and rainy day. The 3:00pm Toklat run beckons this afternoon...