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Day 38: Saturday, July 10th

July 15, 2010 / April / 0 Comments

We had the usual Saturday list of chores: laundry, showers, and stop by the North Pole. We learned the difference between reindeer and caribou yesterday.  Caribou are wild and reindeer are caribou that have been domesticated.  We were able to see reindeer yesterday and today at the North Pole. We stopped by Scott’s cousin’s house …

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Day 37: Friday, July 9th Creamer’s Field, Discovery River Boat

July 15, 2010 / April / 0 Comments

We had an adventure packed day.  Our first adventure was to hike two miles at Creamer’s Field, a migratory bird refuge.  Scott’s cousin’s family met us out there. Brooke loved having someone to run at the field with and play with at the playground they shared with us.  Besides having a beautiful walk and playing …

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Day 34: Gold Dredge on Steeses Highway

July 9, 2010 / Scott / 0 Comments

In between the hike and our dinner location Scott stopped at an abandoned Gold Dredge.  He came upon some kids who were panning for gold there.  I put those pictures on a different post because Scott went camera crazy and wanted all of them posted.  He said it was about 30 miles Northwest of Fairbanks …

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Mountain Biking Ester Dome Single Track, Fairbanks AK

July 9, 2010 / Scott / 0 Comments

7/10/10 update – how sweet the trail is! What’s even sweeter is that April drove me up to the trail head. Thanks to the midnight sun, I didn’t even hit the trails until 8:30 pm. I rode the loop once in each direction. The trails were in great condition and the counter-clockwise flow was great. …

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Day 36 – Thursday, July 8th Climbing at Grapefruit Rocks

July 8, 2010 / April / 3 Comments

Mile 28 up the Elliot Highway north of Fairbanks lies Grapefruit Rocks. Thanks to a very friendly five-year-old, we met our camping neighbors at Chena River State Park.  It turns out his dad is a climbing instructor.  They invited us to go climbing today near the White Mountains where we hiked a few days ago.  …

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