It took awhile to finish this. My family visited and my thoughts were elsewhere. So here it is! I started cashing the passengers out. Right away I’m met with resistance. “That’s free. We only had one coffee each. It’s free”. Sometimes by the end of a long day, passengers forget what they had first thing… Read more

As of today, Monday, September 7, I have three train shifts left. We are currently on the bus headed to Portage to catch the train to Whittier. We will pick up cruise passengers and take them to Denali. It will be a long day. Tomorrow we will bus back to Anchorage. Tuesday we are off… Read more

Today started off with a very rainy day in Denali. It rained all night and when we went to pick up passengers, it was still raining. There were puddles everywhere. New pools of water had formed in areas near the tracks. Massive, flowing rivers with newly formed albeit temporary tributaries jutting off. I had never… Read more