Got home about 20 hours ago after a brutal 36 hours of travel. Went straight to the doctor and tested positive for COVID and influenza A, me with a fever of 102°. Once home, I went straight to bed. Feeling a little better this morning, but still everything aches and my fever is down to about 101°.

The last straw in this mess was that we were unable to land in Cedar Rapids as planned because of a thunderstorm and had to divert to Des Moines, where they performed maintenance on the plane and then refueled and got us back to Cedar Rapids about an hour and a half later than planned.

Pushing back from the gate for a 24-minute flight to CR

Got diverted from CID due to a storm in CR. Waiting for maintenance and fuel before we can head to CR now.

Flying home to CID

Then a couple hours at the airport in Fairbanks and an eight hour flight to Minneapolis.

Made the 4.09 mile, nearly 3 hour walk from Denali visitor center back to our hotel… I loved it. Met some nice “locals” and found all the geocaches on my target list.

Watching bears catch salmon while we catch dinner.

On the road to our Denali Lodge.

Denali is a no-show so thus far.

At the Twister Crrek Brew Pub