Finally.....fair weather in Fairbanks!

Weather not off to a good start; but we’ll see what happens in these mountains today.  Drove to Talkeetan, expecting masses of people all over the streets of this little town.  It is Friday, early in the morning, drizzling and the vendors seem to be getting off to a later start than we planned on.  With not many stores open and the rain factor…that made up our minds quickly to move on down the road to Fairbanks, 

the second largest city in Alaska.

Riding down the road we spotted this place we couldn’t pass up.  OMG!  There was so much “stuff” inside and outside.  A great collections of a little bit of everything.  Interesting old guy running the place.  He has lived in Alaska since 1958; but has been flying to Kansas every two years lately to keep in touch with family.  A short discussion concerning our country’s leaders found its way into our conversation.  We both had our say and I went on my way.   

Traffic started building up as we headed towards Denali.  So many rental motor homes from all over the country.  I talked to a lady from California and she said they flew into Anchorage and rented a motor home to travel to different places in Alaska.  We enjoy having our motor home to go and stay when and where we want.  There are even places out in the middle of nowhere to spend the night.  We have gotten spoiled with full hookups and try to look for those campgrounds.  Usually you find other people there that have something in common with you.  We met someone from Monroe, WI and they were doing their dream trip to Alaska.  They were golfers and wanted to golf at midnight because it is still light at that time.  Lots of interesting conversations come up.

As we got closer to Fairbanks, the weather start to clear up more and more.  We found a campground that is in town.  Alaska has some great bike trails, so we decided to spend a couple days here to check them out.  Being in town, with bike trails, will lead us to some of the historical sites of Fairbanks.  The weather is supposed to be sunny and in the 70’s tomorrow.  We have lots of miles to put on... riding in the car back to Wisconsin.  We thought we needed to get some exercise before that long journey home. 

I wish I could say I took this picture.  It was taken by a "Sherman;" but not a "Sue Sherman."  Beside seeing whales, the Northern Lights would be the the greatest event for me to see in Alaska.  The month of May is not the best time to see them, unfortunately.