And little unplanned vacations.
Alaska ,USA.
Pristine and absolutely breath taking.
Yes,I have been there.
In my dreams.
The first time I read about the beauty of the Denali National park was in a lowly Mills and Boon ,whose name I have long forgotten. The author, wove a story about the beauty of the national park that was even more awe inspiring than the romance itself.
And those of the new generation will remember the reference to Denali -the cousins of the Cullens live here.
The perfectly beautiful ones??
The romance of the surrounding beauty and scrawling mountains and the majestic glaciers and the awesome wildlife and never forget the danger of the omnipresent bears.
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And who do I go with?
I cam think of only a very few people to go with.
People who will bear my idiosyncrasies and whose tantrums will be borne by me.
And the bond of the blood ensures I don't throw the co-holiday- er out in front of the hungry bears...That brings me to the bears.
Gentle creatures-remember Winnie the Pooh and your cuddly Teddy bears-the love the bright red berries and fruit found on the mountain side.
Yeah right!
Nasty ,snarly bears,with foul ,foul mouths and a fouler set of talons to shred the very skin of your bones.
All that you see on Discovery and Nat Geo will come true if you don't take care and bear proof your holiday.
Those are the four legged variety of gods own creatures. Me,I know of some foul and fouler creatures who can be of succour to my soul...
My family.
So just hubby dear ,sweet child,the parents and sweet sister and her husband and of course the lady of the moment Sanskriti- my two and a half year old niece.
The one who talks nineteen to the dozen and throws tantrums even the peace loving caribou will be loathe to miss.
The where and wherefores of it. Denali National park is in Alaska,USA. Previously known as Mt McKinley National Park.It was renamed Denali because the native name of this awe inspiring mountain peak clothed in clouds and surrounded S by glaciers.Six million acres of wilderness,bisected by only one road.Wild animals roam free in unfenced lands,just as the gods wanted it.
We as a family ,are not air craft people. We love the romance of trains,in full luxury.No less. So we plan to take the Alaska railroad.And enjoy the beauty of the national park.
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Once we get there,bag,baggage et al,we intend to stay in one of the log cabins of The Perch resort.
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With Caribou for company... Remember Brother Bear...And the Aurora Borealis.
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A chance to use our super charged ,expensive cameras... The parents have a Canon DSLR,the brother in law has a Nikon and we the people have a SONY. None has been used to photograph such still beauty...
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Maybe pick up such stuff off the ground...
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And of the mama bear and her two cute babies...
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And the memories of a wonderful time spent together.Of togetherness and bonhomie and madness and fun and laughter and a bonding like never before.And of being a family.
And of forming bonds that will never be erased by the passage of time,of strengthening those that already exist and of a love that lasts forever.
Not this time duty free or shopping for perfumes and bottles of Jack Daniels and all that.This time the intoxication will come from the pure ,virginal beauty of this holiday.
Just writing about this has made me realize that we need to plan this holiday. Even 15 days here would make for a trip of a life time-just as promised bey yatra.com.
Of course the logistics and all planing will be left to the men,I will just dream.
No tax planning on dreams ,is there?
So while the economy is on a ride of its own and the rupee falls to a precarious low,lets just hope for a sunnier tomorrow,when the currency can hold its own ground and this holiday will not give shock attacks to the men.
This post was written for the #Happy Travellers Contest at Indiblogger sponsored by yatra.com.
So where are your dreams taking you today???
PS-This is also where Christopher McCandless spent the last days of his life and the movie Into the Wild was shot.
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