Friday, July 4, 2014

Fairbanks day 2

Today's big event was a paddle wheel tour of the Chena river. This was a very tourisity thing, not something that I am drawn to, but worthwhile nonetheless. There were people on the shore who were part of the show. The narrator told their story and low and behold, there they were, waving at us and talking to us through the boats PA system. A float plane took off and landed a couple of times next to the boat. The pilot was talking to us while he did it. One floating stop was Susan Butcher's sled dog kennel. I'm sure you all know that she is/was the most successful Iditarod dog sled musher ever. I took a pic of her kennel. Tomorrow is a city tour. We're not sure about that one. Fairbanks isn't really much of a city.

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  1. COOL! Float planes,sled dog ranch, wow, you are seeing all it all up there! I will be curious to hear about the town tour tomorrow . You are probably going to find out which houses were brothels,etc. apparently, this town has some notarity otherwise why would they do a tour!

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