Just outside of Fairbanks is the town of North Pole – we could not resist! We spent close to an hour playing with reindeers and feeding them, ho ho ho what a great time!
Then we drove 200 kms south towards Denali park, named after the highest peak in North America (you may know it as Mt McKinley; you may not know it’s significantly higher than Europe’s Mont Blanc).
We hiked for a few hours, admiring the flora and the fauna including two very playful beavers (we had to explain a few things to the kids…) I know it’s July but we were not expecting temps in the high 20’s / high 70’s in this northern region.
The weather, the scenery and the people are making this one amazing trip!

Tout près de Fairbanks, il y a le village de… North Pole! Impossible de résister, on y est allé et, juste pour voir les sourires des enfants entourés des rennes, ça valait la peine!
Un peu de route et on s’est retrouvé au parc national Denali, gigantesque. Malgré la chaleur (oui: y fa chaud en Alaska!) on a fait une randonnée en forêt, où on a aperçu des castors en train de peaufiner leur barrage.