Alaska Motor Inn Fairbanks

We will post trip information here as soon as it starts. For 2010, we will continue planning the project and look for Sponsors that are willing to invest and support the Project. All indications in that regard is ...

So five girls, including myself, set off to Fairbanks today in search of the Harry Potter movie and snackage from Wal-mart. We had a blast. (by the way, Wal-marts the world over are the same - no customer service, running out of goods, etc)<br><br>Pedicure, movie, thrift store, Wal-mart, and some most awesome Thai food for lunch and Mexican for dinner. Yes, we found Mexican food in Alaska and it ...

... saw a bird in the net. Not a lot of birds at this time of the year&#8212;Canadian geese and Sandhill cranes.<br><br> <br>Took the Riverboat Discovery cruise up the Chena River. Bought the Alaska Toursaver, which has buy one, get one free coupons for many Alaska activities. It was a beautiful sunny day so the 3½ hour tour was wonderful! The tour included watching a bush pilot take off and land on the ...

... back, a polar bear bedroom, a Christmas tree bedroom, an igloo and an ice outhouse among other pieces of ice art and additional chambers made exclusively with our Alaska Diamond or Alaska Marble ice. As you step inside the ice museum for the very first time, you are mesmerized by the ever-changing colored ice crystal chandeliers overhead depicting the Aurora Borealis. After touring the museum ...

... it is only 15 days long and will be over in less time than I still have to wait, but I don't want to think about that. In my obsessive desire to hasten departure day I packed my bags last night. I put everything in a huge pile and then packed it. This is our first trip "one bagging" it. I'm tired of lugging along huge bags which weigh more than I do, especially on mass transportation. And, given the fact that we have a ...

We are the seventh in a long line of Alaska Teams to journey to Thailand for the purpose of volunteering our time and talents with Partners Relief Aid and Development to offer aid to the Burmese refugees. The teams began when Jocelyn encountered a life-changing experience working with Partners on a short-term mission trip to Thailand in 1998, and was compelled to return with others. Alaska Teams 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 ...

... and heli-hiking and enjoy jaw-dropping views of Anchorage and other parts of Alaska. From Denali National Park, head north through Fairbanks to the isolated tundra of the Arctic Circle, where you are to experience ...

Black Friday is known as the busiest shopping day of the year and for good reason--it shows a person the commercial lengths a town will come to for a "good deal." Fairbanks has grown up since the last time I was there. There is now even two Walmarts. They are the black sheep of the storefront in this still "Western Frontier," but even they were busy on this day. Shopping in negative degrees is an interesting prospect. In fact, it is one I have ...

... suddenly...! 10:19 AM: We stopped at the Holiday station on 5th Ave because someone decided they needed a bathroom break. Someone who was not me. Back on the highway now! We cruise out of town and hit Eagle River in under 20 minutes. Carter joked that now we've seen Eagle River we can turn around and go home. I threatened him with bodily injury and on we drove... 10:50 AM ...