After a late breakfast of oatmeal & coffee, we departed the Kenai and headed North. We stopped in Anchorage briefly at a Fred Meyer store to restock some necessities in preparation for our roundabout journey homewards. From Anchorage we traveled northward on the Parks Hwy. with hopes of seeing Denali. At the south lookout, we were treated to spectacular views of the mountain range but top eluded us that evening.
Looking to conquer new territory, we chose to travel on the 136 mi. east-west Denali Hwy. The Denali Hwy. is all gravel with the exception of 25 paved miles. We are driving a rental car after all… Before making the turn, we decided to top off our gas tank (better safe than sorry) in the community of Cantwell. Well, the first gas station we encountered was out of gas. Luckily, we found a second. Our worries returned, however, when the attendant came out to inform us that the gas pump just stopped working. With no other possibility of refueling, we decided to press on.
It was getting late into the evening as we turned on to the gravel, so we chose to camp at the first available spot 30 miles down the road. At about 9:30 p.m. we found the Bureau of Land Management Brushkana River Campground to be our best camping spot yet on this trip.
For $12, we had a great campsite within earshot of the Brushkana River, a fresh drinking water hand pump on site and luxurious pit toilets (It is our honeymoon afterall). As we were eating dinner that evening, we did discover our campsite#14 was already occupied by a camp mouse.
Highly curious, the camp mouse did at one point hop upon Sara’s shoe and moments later could be found perching upon the cuff of her pants. Over night we did have some rain and temperatures dropped to the mid-40s.
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