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This is a diary of where we are, where we were and what we are doing. Check out the older posts unfortunatly I am slower putting up the pictures than Margaret is writing the blogs Colin :)
Sunday, June 26, 2005
Moon Lake to Chenna River Park
We got away reasonably early as we had quite a drive to reach our destination just outside of Fairbanks. It was raining when we left but things soon got better.
We stopped in Delta Junction to photograph the end of the Alaska Highway Marker and to take on fresh water and do a gray water dump.
We stopped for lunch at “Rika’s Road House and Landing”. We walked around the place first and saw the diferent buildings set up with displays of historical stuff. Splash exchanged nose rubs with a little goat and barked at the turkeys. We took the dogs back to the trailer and then went to have lunch in the restaurant. After lunch Frances and I checked out the gift shop....lots of neat goodies.
Back on the road we stopped at the “Notty Shop” A place that has all kinds of Creatures and things made out of Burls. They also had a rather extensive gift shop and Ice cream. If you presented your advertisement out of the Mile Post Book (our guide book that tells where and what everything is) you got a free one scoop ice cream cone. Colin was all over that.
Our destination for the day was a small town called “The North Pole”....that’s right Santa lives here. Back in the 40's the man who owned the homestead where the town is now located decided to change it’s name to The North Pole to attract toy manufacturers who would in turn advertise their goods as being produced in the North Pole. Although the toy manufacturers never materialized, the town did succeed as a theme town where Christmas lives all year round.
We arrived at the Chenna Lakes Recreation area and prepared to pull into our spot.....I guess the previous campers here were on horseback and the horses left a nice pile of road apples right where the steps to the trailer were going to be. We shovelled them into the bush and then finished parking. We had a fire and cooked dinner and called it a day.
We stopped in Delta Junction to photograph the end of the Alaska Highway Marker and to take on fresh water and do a gray water dump.
We stopped for lunch at “Rika’s Road House and Landing”. We walked around the place first and saw the diferent buildings set up with displays of historical stuff. Splash exchanged nose rubs with a little goat and barked at the turkeys. We took the dogs back to the trailer and then went to have lunch in the restaurant. After lunch Frances and I checked out the gift shop....lots of neat goodies.
Back on the road we stopped at the “Notty Shop” A place that has all kinds of Creatures and things made out of Burls. They also had a rather extensive gift shop and Ice cream. If you presented your advertisement out of the Mile Post Book (our guide book that tells where and what everything is) you got a free one scoop ice cream cone. Colin was all over that.
Our destination for the day was a small town called “The North Pole”....that’s right Santa lives here. Back in the 40's the man who owned the homestead where the town is now located decided to change it’s name to The North Pole to attract toy manufacturers who would in turn advertise their goods as being produced in the North Pole. Although the toy manufacturers never materialized, the town did succeed as a theme town where Christmas lives all year round.
We arrived at the Chenna Lakes Recreation area and prepared to pull into our spot.....I guess the previous campers here were on horseback and the horses left a nice pile of road apples right where the steps to the trailer were going to be. We shovelled them into the bush and then finished parking. We had a fire and cooked dinner and called it a day.