Fairbanks, Alaska

Welcome to North Pole, Alaska - home of the year-round Santa Claus

















Riverboat Discovery - Where are these tourists coming from?
Steamboat Landing



















Chena River




















Susan Butcher Kennels
(she is a four-time Iditarod champion)



















Salmon trap





















We stopped at Chena Village






















Beautiful Athabascan Indian girl




















The only "wildlife" we found



















Chena Village, Alaska




















Watching the Alaskan bush pilot practice take off and landing


















Four-time Iditarod champion



















First Family Statue - Fairbanks

















Fairbanks is mostly flat - view from University of Alaska


















Toulist Tlap - Salmon Bake
Pioneer Park


















Pokie found some gold dust





































Tanana Valley Railroad




















Road Construction is the norm - on the way to Denali National Park










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