Blogs from Fairbanks, Alaska, United States, North America - page 16

We took an unplanned trip from Whitehorse, YT to Skagway, AK, and Haines, then back north to Haines Junction, and the Alaska Highway, called the Klondike Loop. Several folks we met raved about the beauty of the landscape driving there and ocean inlet upon which both of these charming villages sit. And they were right about all of it. This would be our only exposure to the Inside Passage. We rate the Klondike Highway views as the best we've seen to date. And the photo does not do it justice. At Emerald Lake along the highway we ran into our friends from Victoria Lake/Germany for the third time! We stopped at Caribou Crossing Wildlife Refuge and enjoyed the museum of all species of stuffed animal from Alaska, including the prehistoric Wholly Mammoth! Skagway is a preserved ... read more

Dark & Cold. The weather of Fairbanks does not provide much motivation to do anything at all. Our rumbling stomachs, however, got us out of the hotel. Glenn writes: I want food. Now. And “Brittana” says let’s go to McDonalds. I argued profusely. “No way, McDonalds is bad for you,” but being as stubborn as she is, she forced me to go to McDonalds. We went to the North Pole’s McDonalds. The light poles are like candy canes—red and white stripes. Everything is red and green…seats on swing sets and all. Santa must live here. We finally found Santa’s House. Although it wasn’t difficult; it was on St. Nicolas Dr. Who woulda guessed? (McDonalds was on Santa Claus Lane, too). I went to Santa’s House. I’ve seen Rudolph. Not much to write about. We took photos ... read more

Thursday, November 22, 2007, Thanksgiving Day On the road again, with my children in Elan’s car again. Not getting to drive again…. And so we are back again on a road trip to Fairbanks to celebrate Thanksgiving with Jim, Kathy & John. We planned on leaving at 7 or 8 this morning but it did not happen till 9AM. I think that while at one time driving to Fairbanks was 7 or 8 hours now it is less time. Elan was mentioning that the trip seemed much longer as a kid. He needed his pillow, blankets, books, cd’s, walkman and his teddy bear. Now we just hop in the car and we are off. Molly of course still has Sugar Plum who is a world traveler. Checked the road conditions and the road was supposed to ... read more

i have been chillin', literally, in fairbanks for a few days now. it has been rainy and in the 50's to looww 60's(the one day with sunshine). i think i must return next time in the summer.... read more

Thursday, August 30, 3007 In the morning we visited the wildlife refuge to check on the bird banding station. In the fall and spring they band songbirds migrating through the area. There weren’t many birds migrating this morning, evidently. One of the men working with the program said it was a slow day. Usually they band 100 birds a day and by 9:00 am this morning they had only tagged 11 birds. We walked around the fields and I enjoyed taking photos. I love the birch and aspen woods.I also took time to use my telephoto lens with the Sandhill Cranes. In the afternoon Frank stopped at a rock shop and while he was spending time there, I photographed old cars that the shop proprietor collected. He was an avid collector of all kinds of things; ... read more