Goldrush Inn Fairbanks

... sleep on plastic sun-bathing type recliners in the "Solarium". This is basically an area with glass roof and 3 walls open to the back of the boat. It has heaters hanging from the roof. So very warm by day and warmish by night. It was fun though, interesting people to talk to and a surprisingly good sleep. We had all day Wednesday to take in the scenery - mountains, islands, glaciers, humpback whales, bald eagles, etc and then spent Wednesday night on the ...

... amount of time.<br><br>We walked to the City Visitor's Center not far down the street. The flowers here seem especially beautiful and their colors exceedingly vibrant. We saw a litter of sled dog puppies and this time, for those of you who were disappointed that I passed up the opportunity the other day, took a couple of pictures.<br><br>From there, the bus dropped us off for lunch. We had a choice of McDonald's, Pizza Hut, Subway, a neighborhood ...

... him this error message? He had my e-mail working and maybe he may know off hand what I should do. Tell him I have a blog and that goes out so the error apparently has to do with Charter. Subject 'Read: Stuff', Account: 'Charter EMail', Server: 'smtp.charter.net', Protocol: SMTP, Server Response: '571 imp09 smtp.charter.net You must connect from Charter IP space. E1110', Port: 25, Secure(SSL): No, Server Error: 571, Error Number: 0x800CCC61

Some of you have followed the travels of the Alaska Team for several years, and already know quite a bit about Partners Relief Aid &amp; Development. But for those of you who are new to traveling with us this year, we will briefly explain to you why these mission-trips are so important. Partners Relief Aid &amp; Development is a non-profit organization based in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The organization was founded in 1996 by Steve ...

... the way back to Fairbanks. It was very impressive to me . I dont think Tommy was quite as impressed as I was. We stopped at the Tanana Valley Farmers Market in Fairbanks on the way back. There were quite a few vendors and everything they sold was Alaska Made . They had the largest vegetables I have ever seen. We kept hearing about the Alaska vegetables and we just wanted to if they ...

... up close and learn a little of the history. To see this thing and think that it goes for 800 miles across the rugged topography of Alaska is mindboggling. Then it was on to the mine. Now this is a very touristy place and it is pretty expensive - $35 per person. So why did we go? Well, we had another one of those 2 for 1 tickets here. So $17.50 is not too bad per person. There is a small train that goes around for a mile and stops here and there to ...

The day dawned with beautiful blue skies, so we headed toward Chena Hot Springs. As we drove along the Chena Hot Springs road we notice the Alaska Mountain Range, with the snow covered peaks off to the south leading us to believe that just maybe Mt. McKinley was visible. The drive to the hot springs took over an hour. Shortly after leaving the campground we passed two moose having breakfast in the stream. Then we passed ...

... with like-minded aurora lunatics at Clearly Summit, one from only a couple of miles from where I live on the east coast! An added feature was the annual Open North America dog sled competition which runs through downtown Fairbanks on three days. It is a sprint race - 20 miles each of the first two days, 30 miles the last day. It always brings out a crowd at the many different check points ...

... riding two KLR 650's to the North Slope then to Chili and back home. They were allowing a year and a half, didn't want to rush. Another neighbor, the Kilian's with son, Max, from Calgary were riding three different bikes touring Alaska. We joined them for breakfast Friday morning at Sam's ...

... my pay stubs to decorate my walls. Toured this summer, including a performing trip to New York, got home and no job and no money. Searched for job while house sitting. Would get up in the morning, a domesticated, suburban house surrounded me. The kind of house where I grew up. Kitchen, bedrooms, a dining room for special occasions. Stairs. A real house. I woke every morning next to a woman I loved. A woman there was such a connection to that each morning would begin with ...