Sophie Station Fairbanks

... some exciting connections, and will be doing some interviews while we are here. One is with a lady who lived at Savage Camp. Her father was an owner/operator for Mt. McKinley Tourist and Transportation Co. She is in her 90's and loves to talk about her days at Savage Camp. The second interview is with a lady historian who has an extensive collection of photographs of the early days. How cool is that!<br><br>We are staying at a very nice place in Fairbanks called Pike&#8217;s ...

Tuesday, July 28 - Fairbanks, Alaska - Day 3 of 6<br><br><br>Our tour bus picked us up at 11:00 to take us for lunch at the Pump House Restaurant and Saloon overlooking the Chena River. The Pump House was reconstructed to recreate an 1890's gold rush atmosphere associated with the "Rip Roaring" but still Victorian era in Fairbanks. All the furnishings are authentic with some over 150 years old. It was in these pleasant surroundings that we enjoyed a ...

... still on the ground. Message from Bill: I go an Alaska hat and a licence plate from Chicken. It cost $4.95 for the screws to put the plate on the pickup. Message from Wanda: Becky I love the blog and pictures of the kids. Thanks. I will play around and hopefully figure out getting my pictures on. I have a strong internet connection here so will try again. I wish I could email out. Irene, will you please call Andrew at the library and ...

... it. I bet I watched this in school at sometime on the old film projectors with scratches and such. The next film we requested which was on the Alaska Pipeline. This was done by PBS so it was much better than the one in Valdez which was made in the late 70's style by the oil companies. The PBS documentary was only a few years old and told both sides of the story - oil &amp; environmental and what the workers actually did. After this film we went to an RV ...

... on to warm the castle, the rain is still around and a little cool, the heater certainly works well and within about 15 mins the Castle is a toasty place to be, and the heater is turned off. Settle and catch up with the blog as well as watch a documentary about bears in the Katmai of all things to have come on the television, a place we have just left. Life is a wonderful Journey, and we are enjoying this experience everyday.

... 3 people with a car full of stuff would be doing outside a B&B, but maybe not in fairbanks! Anyway, we soon cleared up any confusion and secured ourselves a room for a very cheap rate in return for offering to make the beds as they weren't quite ready!) The building was a sight to behold and is best summed up as an American version of the Weasley's house in Harry Potter complete with a plastic polar bear riding a sledge on the roof. We stayed in ...

They crossed over into Alaska a couple of days ago and have settled down in a campground at Fairbanks, AK for a couple of days. They are just relaxing, doing some bike maintenance and laundry. They have met some interesting people at the campsite. One couple from Atlanta is taking a year off ...

... prepared a meal of egg noodles and Italian Sausage pasta sauce that hadn't yet gone moldy in the fridge. She called in the final stages of the preparation and we talked on the phone. * The phone's a difficult part. I want to talk to you, to hear what you've got going on, but the phone conversations can be awkward. There's the constant pressure that the conversation has to end. It is a phone call after all, and all phone calls end with hanging up. Even the first phone call ...