Sep 18 - Back home - Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
Our trip home started at 12 noon on Monday when we left Denali Park Village via Airlink, the only shuttle service that goes north from Denali. We finally arrived home 30+ hours later. The 2 1/2 hour ride to the Fairbanks Airport was made more interesting when we unexpectedly stopped at Denali Princess Lodge to pick up a "person who was sick and Princess didn't want to put on their motorcoach to Fairbanks." Susan and I looked at each other and immediately put on our masks. Turns out the older gentleman had stomach issues (probably dehydrated), not Covid. But about an hour into the trip, "Walter" started moaning/hallucinating and his wife was hitting his chest saying, "Walter, wake up! Walter, wake up!" Fortunately he did, but Susan and I looked at each other with grave concern. We were still more than an hour away from medical care in remote Alaska. If "Walter" had been on the Princess motorcoach, he would have gotten to the hospital a