Friday, May 19th marked the 7th day at sea. The weather had been unusually clear up to this point. Typical Alaskan weather had finally settled in as the wind picked up, snow flurries fell and white caps formed. We arrived at College Fjord around 6:00 PM. We passed Ghost Forests as we travelled up the fjord. These forests resulted from the March 27th, 1964 9.2 magnitude earthquake when the Pacific plate thrust under the North American plate. It remains the 2nd largest earthquake ever recorded causing vertical displacements over 30 feet, soil liquefaction, landslides and a tsunami. Alaska is still seismically active with over 100 minor occurrences every day. At the tip of the fjord, we were able to see most of the glaciers through the fog and mist. We entered on the right side for views of the men’s college glaciers and exited on the left with views of the women’s college glaciers. The ship anchored in Whittier shortly after midnight on Saturday, May 20th. There were problems along the shared Alaska Rail and Princess Rail tracks so our departure was delayed by hours. Eventually we were on our way through Anchorage northward to the Denali Park Rail Depot. We arrived in the evening at the Denali Princess Wilderness Lodge with views from our room of the Nenana River. There was plenty of daylight remaining at our latitude (63° 37′ 24″ north) with the sun setting after 11:00 PM and rising around 4:00 AM. We dropped our backpacks in our room and headed directly out for some grub. Most places were swamped near the main lodge but we found a pizza place off to the side that was suitable. On the morning of Sunday, May 21st, we boarded a coach for the nature tour. We thoroughly enjoyed the tour which included a stop at the restored Upper Savage River Cabin a presentation provided by two native Alaskan women spoken in both their native tongues and in English. We spotted two moose, some Ptarmigans and an unfortunate porcupine who scurried for protection under a parked sightseer’s vehicle which required the assistance from the Park Ranger to coax him into the shrubs.