Hotel Captain Bartlett Inn Fairbanks

... a local law firm. I have previously served as the president and a board member of Fairbanks Counseling and Adoption. One of my favorite hobbies is to exercise. This will be my first trip with the Alaska Team, as well as my first mission-team trip. I became interested in traveling with the Alaska Team by hearing presentations at our church. My goal for this trip is to do something worthwhile, and to help children in the refugee camps ...

... her office and meet some of the people she worked with all summer. We watched the Aurora Borealis movie while there. From there we took a well deserved nap. Homemade dinner by Christina tonight. We are planning on going to the visitor's center tonight and out for ice cream. Probably another stop at Fred Meyers for more food.

... a bullet hole right between the eyes; the bear was stalking her husband while he was hunting; finally, it got too close! There must have been at least 10 bear skulls plus a basement lined with various mounts. It was better than going to an Alaska animal museum; there was a story to go with each one! Talking to "Real Alaskans" sure gives us insight about living in Alaska--they are true adventurers!!<br>

... to decide what flavor- s'more vs. wild Alaskan blueberry. I went with the blueberry, since I couldn't really get that anywhere else. So good! And they give you a massive amount for your money. The funniest thing about it is when I went to order the girl at the window asked me if I was from Texas. All I could think was "Oh no, do I have an accent? ****." Turns out she was from Corpus Christi. It's a small world.

... grain of salt, they could be competitors posting bad comments or the hotel itself self promoting with fake reviews. If a hotel interests me on Trip Advisor I look into it at least two other ways as well. For peer reviewed hotel suggestions I also look into what travel bloggers on Travel Pod have to say. It's ...

... flops) and give hubby a few things to put in his cavernously empty bag (iGo, digital camera, a guidebook or two). For a visual idea of what all I had in the bag, here is my visual packing list. This is only round one with the packing and I still have a month to over analyze it, but here goes. I still want to order a Tom Bihn Absolute Shoulder Strap like hubby has. It feels so comfy, it literally shaves 5 pounds off the feel of the bag.

... previous two Alaska Teams, I knew we would go on a trip someday. I hope to gain a better understanding of the situation of the refugees, and I hope to give myself to help them in whatever ways I can. Keith: I own and operate a local window-installation business, and have volunteered at fund-raising events with the Friends of Partners group for a few years. I learned about this trip from an announcement at our church ...

... time. The little critter continued to do this every morning for the entire duration of our stay at the hostel but fortunately we were moved to an even smaller shed (for the same price) after 48 hours. The following day we headed off to hike along the Savage River after one of the other guests had seen a wolf and a lynx there the previous day. The first 1.5 miles were easy walking but after that we had to fight ...

... be taking the place of the present team. The ranger described the sensation of mushing as being closest to water skiing. I take it that means that body movements are essential to where you are going. The next part of the demonstration was running the dogs around a track while pulling the wheeled sled. This was the second disappointment as the track was only about a hundred meter oval which was run only once. Twice would have been a bare minimum to get anywhere ...

... t want to give up on it unless she was really sick. So Irene went ahead anyway, and managed to drag Jason along for the whole way. 12 miles is a long time to be thinking: This supportive husband thing has gone to far. We made it in just under 2 hours and still felt ok. The next day, however, was not so ok. Yeah, running that far sick was a mistake. Big surprise, right? Jason was now done with his fire season so Irene, Jason and ...