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Grizzlies and caribou and wolves, oh my! Savoring Denali’s delights.

A while back, our friends K.C. and Scott got the word that they’d won the Denali Road Lottery, which meant they could drive their personal vehicle into Denali National Park and Preserve for one day after the regular season ended. Would we like to come along? Oh. We would.

Ours has been a long, good friendship. Forty years ago they were our neighbors in the city, with three cats and a dog. Then they

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