The big, wild mammals of Denali Park make this destination worth an autumn visit, but the glory of fall colors creates landscape vistas that dazzle the eye even without the view of wildlife. When I saw this grizzly mother and cub coming down a distant slope, I kept my fingers crossed that they would come closer and head up a particularly gorgeous slope. To my amazement, they did. Of course, they did not walk through the very best part, but as an artist, I can move them and plant patterns to suit my artistic urges. And that is what I did. - RB