Pikes Waterfront Lodge

... start at 8am and the evening game ends early but we did relax and enjoy our day.  WE ate more Halibut at the Pikes Landing Restaurant.   Our first day in Fairbanks was great That night we left a wakeup call for the Northern Lights ...

... late Susan Boucher's sled dog demonstrations; and Athabasca Indian village tours. Interesting and well run operation. Had a great dinner at Pikes Landing. Forest fires are burning in Alaska. We smell and see lots of smoke. Ashes are falling down on us. ...

... we managed to get out into Seattle to look around. We spent most of the day poking around the Pikes Place Market, a huge public market down at the waterfront, which still has all the fish, fruit and veg and other assorted market stalls one would expect, ...

... streets, old book stores, art galleries, ethnic restaurants and taverns. We returned to Pike Place by walking along the waterfront, missed a landmark indicating where we should turn away from the water, walked perhaps a mile farther than needs be. ...

... remain private and not disclosed to the public.     From Smith Tower, we worked our way back toward the waterfront toward Pike Market. The open air market is always busy and a famous touristy spot but for good reason. All the local flair, the ...