Just a few feet away from us the sharp claws, long fangs and
angry dark eyes are all too clear.  We keep silent, hoping the
powerful looking grizzly bear slowly lumbering past can’t hear
us, or smell our fear.  Despite our anxiety, we’re thrilled to
get an up-close glimpse of the six foot tall, brown hairy beast.
 This is one of the reasons we traveled deep inside Alaska’s
Denali National Park, where wild animals, including reindeer,
caribou, lynx, foxes, wolves and bears are in abundance, in
their natural habitat.     Alaska is becoming a popular vacation
destination for those who want to be close to nature.  Locals in
the “last frontier” say it’s not unusual to see an elk or a
moose walking down the street between the houses.  “One moose
had a baby right in my backyard” an Anchorage resident told me.
 It seems the popular 90’s TV show Northern Exposure was not so
farfetched.  Here the animals always have the right of way.
 Alaska seems like it could be its own country, with vast
expanses of land unspoiled b