Manley Hot Springs

We've just returned from our one day side trip up to Manley Hot Springs. It was amazing, just amazing. The original hotel was built by the man who assumed the name of my great-grandfather, when he went to Alaska one jump ahead of the marshall. The "new" Frank Manley built a huge hotel (think Victorian splendor/4 story/impressive) in 1898. That hotel burned in 1929 and a roadhouse was built and named the Manley Roadhouse. We stayed there lastnight and saw 4 moose while we were there. Great cooked breakfast! We were introduced to several folks at this town hundreds of miles from nowhere, one lady opened the school & let us investigate the library to see if we could find an unpublished manuscript written by a gal who researched the entire Manley Hot Springs area & especially about "Frank Manley". She did discover that he had assumed that name but did not know that there was a real Frank Luther Manley. The two ladies there at the town really want my mother to contact the library at the Univ. here in Fairbanks to talk with them and update their historical information. We may be able to do that within the next two days.
On Sunday we leave here and will take 1-2 days to drive 125 miles down to Denali Nat'l Park. We've reservations there for 5 days & I have to assume that they won't have wi-fi but you never know! You may be hearing from us while we stay in Denali, viewing animals & hoping for a view of the Mountain. The internet here is very slow so I won't try to upload a picture.