Westmark Fairbanks

... Yukon River aboard our sleek mv Yukon Queen II. Be among our first guests to travel the Great Land's scenic byways aboard our new state-of-the-art Explorer Coaches(tm). Enjoy luxurious accommodations and fine dining at our exclusive Westmark Hotels.

... a bit overnight and when I walked out to my car it was cloudy and about 5 degrees. I headed to the University of Alaska, Fairbanks Museum of the North. It turned out to be a great museum alot of good info on Alaskan history, the geography and biology of ...

... Alaskan ground. Today, the Gold Dredge No. 8 National Historic District serves as a monument to the hard working miners who built Fairbanks. While visiting Gold Dredge No. 8, you can keep busy all day. Begin with a guided tour through the dredge, then ...

... see a section of the Alaskan pipeline, and ultimately we wound up at the Museum of the North at the University of Alaska at Fairbanks.  Back at the hotel about 6:15 and felt like we were ready for bed.  We have a slow internet connection ...

... were cancelled.  Our plans to be lazy were right on target. Holland America's plans to have us take the train to Fairbanks at 4 p.m. were changed, too!  The river (I don't remember which one) is 15 feet above normal and has flooded the ...

... after we got to Fairbanks, we found out there were not too many choices and it was 8:00 pm. Finally we pulled in to Fairbanks, Alaska and disembarked from the train. We took at 10-15 minute ride into town where we checked into the Westmark. Rich, Rebecca ...

... bacon was crisp. We went back to the room, cleared it out, came back down, checked our email in the lobby (points to the Westmark for providing free Internet access, with some deducted for not providing it in the room), and got on the airport bus at 9:30. ...

... , Canada. We needed the fuel (Beaver Creek had none), and rumor had it that Customs appreciated punctual arrival. Just east of Fairbanks we picked up the Alaska Highway, but had to fly below several hot MOAs that were active as we passed through. We ...

... has been spent on the road, a bumpy one at that!  The Al-Can highway.  We have driven 300 miles from Fairbanks, Alaska into the Yukon Territory of Canada to Beaver Creek.  We had nice weather most of the day, ending with mild temperatures ...

... jet boat.  I had hardly finished the blog before they came back and we headed for the train.  We road the train to Fairbanks, and went out for ice cream with new friends, Evie and Dick.  Then downloaded photos before going to bed for a good ...

... forth into Fairbanks, which is only about 19 kilometers away. I don't actually know why we were going such a short distance to Fairbanks, just that we thought we had more choices of motels there as Fairbanks was bigger than North Pole, and they might be ...