Sam And Saundra's Year Long Adventure - Part 131

Sam and Saundra’s Year Long Adventure – Part 131

Alaska

6/22/09 – Fairbanks, Alaska – Day Trip

We are so close to Fairbanks. We decide to leave the trailer at Quartz Lake and drive to Fairbanks to spend the day.  We leave – not too early.  The sun is shining.  The campground almost totally emptied out after we got here last night.  We drive leisurely north, pulling over when someone is in a hurry.  Boy, are we in adventure mode.

It Says It All

 We enter Fairbanks North Star Borough first. We have no idea what this means, but guess that it is like the ‘metro’ area around Portland that includes neighboring towns.   It takes a little longer to enter Fairbanks.  We had not prepared for this visit. 

DownTown Or UpTown

Traffic Jam

We had no agenda and therefore did not see a lot. We drove around the area and noted that it is one of the larger cities we have seen in Alaska. We shop. We are very impressed with the jet, helicopter and other aircraft movement – mostly in the air.  We pass two military bases – one air force. It looks like maneuvers are in full swing.  I hope it is maneuvers. 

Pretty Birds

We also stop at North Pole, Alaska.  Good sales idea and  very cute.  No, I am not going to tell you how much I spent.  We returned ‘home’.  Enough time for one more walk around the lake, one more checking out of what everyone was catching and the making of plans to go fishing ourselves tomorrow.

North Pole, Alaska