Blogs from Fairbanks, Alaska, United States, North America - page 8

We slept in until 8:00 am local time and hit the ground running because upon our return to Fairbanks it was time to start relaxing. Yea right. After using the exterior access shower (It was indoors) and packing and loading the truck I noticed the Truck’s temperature reading was just above 30 degrees. Oddly enough, it didn’t feel that cold as I loaded the truck in a tee-shirt and jeans. We then had breakfast in the common room and finally departed at around 10:00 am. We gifted the Host’s with Oranges and Bananas we gathered from the Hampton Inn the previous stay. You would think we were delivering gold. The irony at such a location. It was well received as they don’t get such produce in that part of the world. Upon Heidi’s (Hostess) recommendation, we ... read more

There is a LOT to tell! We Left Dawson City early in the morning to ride on the Top of the World Highway that crosses into Alaska. Dawson was socked in with fog, I took that as a good sign that the clouds were all going to be in the valleys. We crossed the Yukon river on the free ferry and started to go up in elevation quickly. After a few minutes we cleared the fog and came into clear blue skies! The highway is at about 64° N and runs along a mountain ridge. We are entering autumn this far North, and the aspen and alder trees are all gold and red. We crossed into Alaska and headed into the mining camp of Chicken. We had a bite to eat there and met a batty ... read more

Thursday morning, we,re off to Denali National Park. With no stops should take about 2 hours, but of course we will stop,especially if John is driving. We will stay outside the park tonight and then tomorrow, get on a bus bright and early,6 am, I think, and head into our lodge. It's 95 miles in, but they do the scenic tour and we're told it will take about 6 hours!!! We're not sure about cell phone or internet access, so we could be out of communication until we leave the park on Sunday and get to Wasilla, Sunday afternoon. Toodles for now. P.s. we're still working on the picture thing, when you see them, you'll know we figured it out. Love to all.... read more

Hi to all, We were out of communications on this part of the journey so I will try to get you up to date with our travels. We returned today from our expedition. What an experience! We drove 250 miles north to Coldfoot, after stopping at a locals home for an interesting shopping experience. We have photos, not sure how to send them, still working on that. There were 5couples in a van with our guide Patrick who fit right in with our group. You just cannot believe some of the places that we stayed overnight in. In Colfoot it was like a storage unit with a tiny bathroom in the room, twin beds and a window, that was it. good eats though. We then went to Weismen, I will tell you it is the highlight ... read more

Day 1 What a long day of travel-- on the "road" over 15 hours- but every leg of the journey went well- no issues! We arrived in Fairbanks at 8:30 Pm- which was 12:30 Am our time- then checked in to our room at the Princess Fairbanks Lodge - sitting on the banks of the Chena River- took a walk around the property - still daylight at 10:00pm Day 2 Up at 7:00 am for breakfast and a full day of sight seeing -- first up was a sternwheel boat ride up the Chena River- saw championship sled dog training center, an Alaskan Indian village, raindeer - then went to a gold mine and panned for gold-- Suzie and I panned nuggets worth about $39! On the way back from the Gold mine we stopped at ... read more