This combination of ripe blueberries, changing blueberry leaves, the bearberry plant made for a colorful scene.

Small unnamed lake with rolling hills partially obscured by fog rising in the background.

This young caribou was grazing alone in the rolling hills just to the east of Wonder Lake Campgound.

Ripe blueberries - deliciously sweet. The leaves are beginning to turn although it is only early August. Winter comes early to the north country.

The Alaska Range peaks through briefly between rain showers. This photo was taken from a utility road near Wonder Lake.

Delicious ripe blueberries and changing leaves with the approach of autumn.

This cow moose turned to look back and check on its young calf as it fed along the banks of a small pond just to the east of Wonder Lake Campground.

This young caribou, curious about me, trotted briskly over to check me out.

This young fellow was very interested in me and kept creeping up to see more. He finally lost interest and wandered off.

Raindrops sparkle on these changing leaves.

This beautiful bloom is the Monkshood, which is also quite poisonous.

This little fellow was caching food for winter in a tree alongside the trail. It seemed somewhat oblivious to my presence.

This Red Fox was trotting up the trail with its evening meal - a ritual that was repeated every day that I was there.

This young caribou, feeding several miles to the east of Wonder Lake, was not in the least bit intimidated by my presence, although he did ultimately lose interest and wander off.

Red Fox with daily dinner of Snowshoe Hare on a trail near Wonder Lake Campground.

A splash of color in the morning sunlight as leaves begin changing just ahead of the approaching winter in Denali National Park.

This blueberry bush was photographed right after a steady morning rain (which was not at all uncommon during this trip).

This photograph of Denali helps put things in perspective. You can easily see the relative size of the mountain compared to others around it. This photo was taken at sunrise from the Wonder Lake Campground.

Denali - "high" or "tall"(Koyukon Athabaskan) - at first light from Wonder Lake Campground. This mountain, when visible, dwarfs everything around it - magnificent sight!

A fog forms over the low-lying wetlands to the east of Wonder Lake Campground as the sun just breaks over the hills to light the Alaska Range.

These changing leaves sparkle in the early morning just after one of the frequent rains.

This is early August - fall colors come early in Denali National Park.

These caribou were photographed just above the Denali Park Road. They were part of a small group of about six.

The Alaska Railroad represents a major transportation mode for both tourists and commercial purposes alike. This train is headed north towards Fairbanks and was photographed just to the north of the park entrance.

Small pond at daybreak with the Alaska Range in the background.

These blueberry bushes were sparkling with rain in the early morning after one of the many showers.

Denali rises over the hills near Wonder Lake in the early morning sunlight.

Wonder Lake in the foreground with Denali rising over the hills in the left of the photograph.

Denali rising over the hills - photo taken from the shore of Wonder Lake (seen at the right of the photo).

Wonder Lake with the Kantishna Hills in the background. This photo was taken during a half-day of sunshine - the only sunshine I had during my trip.

The sun's warming light is just starting to peak over the mountain tops to light the Alaska Range. Denali is just to the right of these mountains.

Mountains of the Alaska Range, just to the south of Denali, which you can see rising just at the left edge of the photograph.

Caribou feeding in late summer. This one was still "in velvet" meaning that the antlers are still covered with a velvet-like material.

Changing colors of the Bearberry plant - photographed just outside Wonder Lake Campground.

One of many small streams that weave through the marshy wetlands between Wonder Lake and the McKinley River.

Blueberries and changing leaves.

This bloom, Grass of Parnassus, was photographed along the trail to the McKinley River from Wonder Lake.

The first of the leaves begin to take on their autumn colors as winter approaches in the north country.

These low ground blueberries were a delicious lunch on one of my hikes

This one of of the numerous pockets of brilliant color against the surrounding green foliage. The few days that I was there signaled the beginning of the changing of colors with the approach of autumn.