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Fairbanks and Paxson
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This morning we had to leave Denali behind and drive to our next cabin in Paxson. We had a long day of driving ahead- since we were wary of driving the un-paved Denali Highway to Paxson, we decided to drive the paved highway from Denali, up to Fairbanks, and then over to Paxson (about 290 miles!) It was a cloudy day, but it did not dampen the beauty of the scenery. Leaving Healy, the hills were awash in the golden glow of paper birches and aspens at the height of their color. The golden trees poured over the hills and mixed with the bright red of the blueberry bushes in the meadows. Photos could never capture it!
We drove for several hours through taiga and tundra, hardly seeing other cars on the road. We pulled into Fairbanks at about lunch time. We drove all over Fairbanks (didn't take long) looking for a place to eat, and finally settled on Wendy's. Walking up to the door, it had a sign proudly announcing this Wendy's was voted best hamburger in Fairbanks....by Zagat! Uh, wow. I ate what I wouldn't consider to be the best hamburger, and certainly not the cheapest either (the value menu has a little less value way up in Fairbanks.) As we were leaving Wendy's, to our dismay, we see the Denny's next door with their sign proclaiming that they were the northern-most Denny's in the world! Dang it! We missed out on eating at the northern-most Denny's! One day we may return to fulfill that dream.
After lunch we swung by the grocery store to re-stock on some food supplies and decided to head out of town. On the way out, I made sure we stopped by Hot Licks Ice Cream. They make all their ice cream, and I had heard about them prior to our trip. It was hard 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? Crap." Turns out she was from Corpus Christi. It's a small world.
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