Tamarack

The tamarack has needles and cones like an evergreen, but like a deciduous tree, it sheds its foliage every fall.

Tomatoes

The 20 plus hours of daylight here in Alaska help in the growing of tomatoes in this green house in the Chena Hot Springs.

Chena Hot Springs sights

Chena Hot Springs

Chena Hot Springs, east of Fairbanks, is a natural mineral hot springs that is open all year. It has the only year-round ice museum, seasonal recreational activities, trail rides, massage therapy, landing strip, and camping. We enjoyed the hot springs and had a nice walk around the grounds.

Plugs

Since winters in Alaska can get to 80 below, the parking lots around the town have these posts which allow the cars to be connected while the drivers are at work, school, or shopping. The cars around here with an Alaska license plate have these plugs hanging out the front.

Fairbanks

Dan is studying the map of bike trails in Fairbanks. Our 13 mile ride was partly along the Chena River.

Bears

First Frost

Michio Hoshino, the famous photographer, took this picture. It is displayed in this wonderful museum in Fairbanks.

Outhouses

In some rural places in Alaska an outhouse is used where there is no indoor plumbing.

Blue Foam

Blue Foam is useful in Alaska in the winter.

Outhouses. & outhouses1
In some rural places in Alaska an outhouse is used where there is no indoor plumbing.

Museum of the North

While we were in Fairbanks, we went to the University of Alaska Fairbanks Museum. We heard about adaptations to life in the cold and the activities that sustain Alaskans through winter into spring. Objects made and used by Alaska Natives and objects representing Alaska’s history were displayed.

Tow

We were thankful that we were in a large parking lot in Fairbanks and not on the road or in some remote campground here in Alaska. Alaska RV Center is where we were towed and we spent several days here while Gene, the mechanic, repaired our RV.

Harding Railroad Car

This railroad car is in Fairbank’s Pioneer Theme Park.

Pipeline

This was our first glimpse of the pipeline suspended across the Tanana River, taken while driving on the Big Delta Bridge.

Tok

Cute sign found in Tok.

Hitchhikers

This young couple was in the Haines Library when we first saw them. Several days later they were on the highway hoping for a ride, since the Canadian Bus system was on strike and they had no transportation. They rode with us to Tok, AK.

Mosquito

They grow them big here in Alaska! This burl art was in front of the Knotty Shop in the Chena Lakes Recreation Area.

END

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We made it to the end of the Alaskan Highway!!

Pipeline Passageway

Pipeline Passageway

Pipeline Pig

Pipeline Pig
Pigs were used to clean pipelines by scraping away interior walls of the pipes.