We have been in Fairbanks, AK for the past two days and the weather has
been fantastic. The highs have been in the low 80s with very low humidity. Each
night I have worn a jacket. Considering the temperature at home in Hattiesburg,
MS is close to 100, I’m really enjoying this. Once again, we stayed in a
Wal-mart parking lot with many close friends. Hollie counted about 40 RVs and
there may have been some who left before he arose for the day. We are trying to
do this trip on the cheap. Considering the cost of gas in Canada and also here
in AK, we need to save any way we can.
We were able to get our Toyota Tundra 5000 mile checkup done and they gave
us a license plate bracket since we did not have one and Hollie thought it would
be an attention getter to drive around Hattiesburg with something from
Fairbanks.
Yesterday when I was getting ready for my run, someone knocked on the
trailer. When I opened it there stood a women and she said she just had to talk
to someone from MS. It turns out that she is from just outside Philadelphia, MS
where she owns 400 acres and a house. She had been a teacher in Fairbanks for
many years and had retired here. She has been back to MS once or twice a year
and has kept her house all those years. She now has health problems and is
moving back to MS. We had a great conversation and exchanged contact
information. She is an avid golfer and I am an infrequent golfer (when I am
injured and cannot run) so I thought we might get together once she makes it
back to MS which will be about the time we get home.
I really wish we had arrived in Fairbanks a day earlier because they had
the Midnight Run 10K and I really would have liked to do that. That will teach
me to do more research because we could have worked our plans where we got here
earlier. The times in my AG were really soft and I think I could have won.
Today we will drive to the Denali National Park area. When we were there
last year, it was too cloudy to see the mountain and Hollie really wants to do
that. Hopefully, we’ll get lucky.
I’m still working on posting pictures to this blog and to Facebook. I just need a good internet
connection and the time.
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