No act of kindness,no matter how small is ever wasted. Alsop The lion & the mouse August 1, 2005,Monday. We left Fairbanks and stopped at the North Pole for breakfast. One guess how this town makes it money…..Yes, everything is done around the Christmas theme. I my opinion “overkill” and touristy, but Mr. Bob enjoyed himself. The drive on the Road to the End of the World, did indeed seem like the End of the World was our destination as we bounced along on a dirt road. Chicken was our first stop, population 40 or so. Once this was a thriving mining town not so now. This “town” does not have electricity, and is completely run by a generator. The miners wanted to name this tent city Ptarmigan, a chicken-like critter seen everywhere, but alas
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