Days in Fairbanks

Our last 2 days have been busy.  We first
went to the Morris Thompson Visitor Center.
It had several good displays on Fairbanks people & animals.

Some Athabascan First Nation students put

on the "Stampede Show" They did some dances, & the one girl was amazing with the fiddle!!   They were actually influenced in some of their newer music from the miners, & were square dancing to it.

We went down to Graehl Park for a picnic by

the river. It was warm & beautiful!!!

There were kayaks & people on paddleboards.

Next on the itinerary was the Large Animal Research Station.  This program is through the University. They had Musk Ox & Reindeer.  We probably learned more than we needed to know, but I'm forgetting already (sad)

  

The 2 babies are back there behind mom

Reindeer herd far off.

The reindeer shed their antlers every year & grow increasingly larger racks

We went to see the Alaska Pipeline.  The machines are called "pigs" They travel through the pipeline to clean it.

This is Felix Pedro (actually from Italy) but

shortened his name) He was the first to discover gold in Fairbanks.

Now to the 2nd Day

Steve's favorite, the Fountainhead Antique Auto Museum. Amazing, beautifully restored cars.  They also had mannequins wearing clothes from the era.  Cars were from 1898-1930's.

 The Workshop

 This tractor pulls logs through the snow

They had some fun films of these types of cars in Alaska on some old roads & crossing rivers.

After a long time there, we headed to Chena Hot Springs, about an hours drive.  We went to a State Park and had lunch by the Chena River.

Off to the resort where the hot springs are.

  Tomorrow we are off to Denali.  I think wifi coverage may be questionable.  I am hoping over the 4 days to find some.  We will content

ourselves amongst the wildlife otherwise.