Sunday, 7 June 2009

Fairbanks

From Denali National Park, we headed to Fairbanks, Alaska's 4th largest city. We were naively expecting the weather to be in line with all the other places that we had visited, however we had not quite counted on the mercury hitting 30! It was soooooo hot!!!

Picnic by the Chena River


With a cooling glass of wine...

At dinner, on a lovely terrace overlooking the river, but fortunately under an umbrella, because it was just too hot in the sun! And given that the sun does not go down until after midnight, you can't wait it out!!

Mum's official birthday dinner (she definitely wins the record for spinning her birthday out the longest... it was in April!)
Annie with her King Crab!!

On the long, hot walk home!

Check out the sunrise and sunset times!!

Mum and Annie at Pioneer Park in Fairbanks, a sort of dumping ground for any historical buildings that were getting in the way of development throughout the city.

Interrupting a photo!

At a viewing spot for the Aleyeska pipeline which travels 800 miles, about half underground and half overground, from Prudhoe Bay in the north to Valdez in the south, carrying countless barrels of oil since 1977


Me at the pipeline

The Museum of the North, in Fairbanks, a great building and a fantastic museum

A long way from my next destination... in fact, the furthest of any of the places that they showed!!!! 15 days to go...

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