Last night I woke up around 2AM, which is effectively the middle of the night. Sunset was at 1230AM and Sunrise at 330AM. The picture below was taken midway between the two.
2AM View
We both felt we needed a break from driving, so we worked out an itinerary that kept us in Fairbanks. Unlike the more southerly towns we had been to, Fairbanks seems way less touristy.
We headed out to a Pioneer Park which had a number of activities, including a small aviation museum. Unfortunately it didn’t open until noon, so we headed out and did a little geocaching in an adjacent park.
Carving of Local Prospector!
Totem Pole
We headed back to look around the aviation museum, which though small was interesting. It focused primarily on Alaskan bush flying.
Aviation Museum
After walking for 3 miles or so round the park, we headed off to the airport, where I thought there may be some older aircraft. There were many DC-3’s, 4’s, and 6’s there, but most were in the wreckers yard which was a sad sight!
After lunch, we headed out to another park where got in some more walking, and a few more geocaches. By now the temperature was up in the mid to high 70’s; not what we expected in Northern Alaska.
Next stop was to get some basic shopping done, then back to the hotel to rest our feet. All in all a quiet day doing very little; it made for a pleasant day! We managed about 8 miles walking in the last two days.
Now back in the hotel with the A/C cranked up sipping G&T’s
Off to Denali tomorrow. We have (had / have) a bus tour booked there with our friends. We should have had an e-mail by now confirming our bus time. Lyn hadn’t received the e-mail so we checked in on-line only to find the tour had been cancelled by the company! When we originally booked, for some reason best known to the gods of the internet, we finished up with two reservations. Lyn cancelled one of them so all was good. It transpires that the company has two sections, tours and property; both sections decided to cancel one reservation each! How log can I keep this story going before I tell Marie……… don’t panic, all is resolved, we’re back on the 0730 bus.
Just heard from our friends that there is a wildfire spreading in a area north of Anchorage which has closed the road to Denali. Hopefully all will be fixed and they can make it through.