Alpine Lodge Fairbanks

... been so helpful, so they call and invite her to dinner. She agrees to meet them at the Salmon Bake. The plan was to take Candy to dinner, but she beat Dave to the punch and ends up buying our dinner. Wait a minute. This is not right. Candy has already done so much. Val and Dave have a great time at dinner with Candy, and then it’s hugs and goodbye for now. Candy says that when we come back to Alaska we need to stay with her. What a gal ...

... of the shops are in buildings from that era that have been moved and restored. We found out that if we had been there earlier, we may have gotten to see Sarah Palin. Today, she attended the last Governor's Picnic, said goodbye and handed over the reins of state government to Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell. The only thing we saw was the podium and chairs where the ceremony took place.

The Alaska Salmon Bake was a unique place. The entrance resembles an old ...

... With frustration, we took a lunch break and ate outside since the weather was so nice. Next, it was back to see a few more fix-er-up places to see if anyone could fix out RV plug. After a few places a nice guy took us in and had it fixed in 15 min. He was not even going to take any money but I gave him $20 for his trouble. This was a huge relief to us. Next, it was back to our favorite store in the world - Wal-Mart. We seem to spend ...

... that this wasn't a place to be, filled with gas and found the road to North Pole. This was a must see place, Karon had made NO secret about her desires to visit North Pole and visit Santa Clause and Mrs Clause at their very own house in North Pole. We pulled in to the wonderful house and entered Santa's Wonderland. Santa and Mrs Clause were there as can be can seen from the photos of Nan and Pop, sitting with them and ...

... was before she applied the brakes. (Debs: I highly suspect it wasn't!) The next slight hitch was that Poppy did not appear to be on the rental and insurance document (don't worry it was the rental company's mistake) - speeding is one thing but uninsured driving deserves a spanking. Fortunately after a brief delay the officer decided that it was going to be far to much hard work to fine the simple English girl so he let us go - girls get it so ...

... McKinley and Polychrome Pass are located. The bus tours in Denali National Park, which are the only means of seeing Mt. McKinley and accessing Polychrome Pass, were coming to an end for the season on the following Thursday. It would have been a real rush, if not impossible, to drive the Dalton Highway and get to Denali with enough time to see the park. I adored driving the Liard Highway in the Northwest Territories which I drove a one-way ...

Whenever I have visited Kevin's aunt and uncle's house, I am always awoken by the fresh smell of breakfast. This is great--I am usually the one to get up and make breakfast. The smells of fresh coffee and toast, eggs, etc. It feels homey and safe. Today is an errand day, but I don't mind. They are getting ready for Thanksgiving dinner. I ...