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- Jul 15, 2022
- ☁️ 21 °C
- Altitude: 123 m
- United States Alaska Fairbanks Bentley Park 64.836508, -147.69649564°50’11” N 147°41’47” W
Day 79
Fairbanks Tag 2
July 15, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Heute besuchen wir das Museum of the North. Dieses Museum ist Teil der Universität von Fairbanks und ist ein kulturhistorisches Museum. Man erfährt faszinierende Geschichten über die Ureinwohner Alaskas und die Wildtiere. In der Aula des Museums ist ein riesiger Bowhead Whale Skelett an der Decke hängend ausgestellt. Sehr beeindruckend wie dieses überdimensionale Skelett hier gekonnt in Szene gesetzt wir. Schon in den 1960er Jahren wurde dieser Wal gefangen und die Knochen wurden kurz danach an das Museum übergeben.

In einem Reiseführer über Fairbanks lesen wir, dass jeden Tag zu Mittag ein Konzert in der Stadt stattfindet. Deshalb unterbrechen wir unseren Museumsbesuch für ein paar Stunden und fahren zum Konzert. In der Stadt angekommen sind wir etwas enttäuscht. Das Konzert ist eher eine Darbietung einer Straßenband. Die 3 Musiker spielen vor einer handvoll Leute, die meisten Touristen sind eher zufällig an diesem Platz, die ortsansässigen Zuhörer teilen sich zu Viert eine Flasche Vodka. Auch hier in Fairbanks gibt es ein sehr großes Alkohol und Drogen Problem unter den Locals,zumeist leider Native American Gruppen.
Wir schlendern noch kurz durch die Stadt und fahren dann wieder zurück ins Museum.
Wie wir schon berichtet haben steht der Bus aus dem Film „Into the wild“ bei der Universität von Fairbanks und wir dort restauriert und den schauen wir uns natürlich auch an.
Sehr informativ finden wir den Film den wir uns im Kino des Museums über die Aurora borealis und Aurora austral anschauen. Forschungsergebnisse zeigen, dass die Nordlichter am Nordpol und am Südpol genau gleichzeitig identisch ausschauen, was für eine coole Vorstellung! Eisbären am Nordpol und Pinguine am Südpol können gleichzeitig die selben Nordlichtspiele bestaunen! 😃😃
In der Ortschaft Nordpol hat sich die Hölle aufgetan und einen Ort geformt, in dem jeden Tag Weihnachten gefeiert wird. Jutta hat sich sehr gefreut und ich war auch dabei.
Wir lassen den Tag entspannt ausklingen und verbringen die Nacht auf einem einsamen, kleinen Parkplatz mitten im Wald, ein Traum!Read more
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North to Alaska By RV 2021
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- Jun 4, 2021, 8:00pm
- ⛅ 66 °F
- Altitude: 476 ft
- United States Alaska Fairbanks Bentley Park 64.834096, -147.68976164°50’3” N 147°41’23” W
Day 33
Day 33 Ends @ Glass Park in Fairbanks
June 4, 2021 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 66 °F
When we can, we like to hub-and-spoke our explorations from a single base as it gives us a sense of being settled, if only for a short time.

The first and last time we were in Fairbanks was when we stayed here overnight on our 2001 Princess CruiseTour. On that occasion, we visited a Trans-Alaska Pipeline interpretive center; panned for gold at the El Dorado Gold Mine ... struck gold, but not enough to retire; and went on the Riverboat Discovery tour to see the Wedding of the Rivers ... amongst other things.

This time we plan to do other things from our base at Glass Park, one of the two RV campgrounds at Fort Wainwright, the Army Post here in Fairbanks. We chose this campground over the one at Eielson AFB because this one takes reservations.

Being a mere 21 miles from the city, we had a short drive from Olnes Pond. The drive would have been about that much had we not had to backtrack to another gate because the main gate on Gaffney Road was closed for construction. Thank goodness for GPS and Google.

Although check-in was not until 4:00p, we were allowed to go to our site on the Moose Loop early ... it was only 1:00p. Our site — #8 — is one of the few here that has water/electric ... no sewer at any of the sites, but there is a dump station at the ODR (Outdoor Rec Center).

The gravel site is quite spacious ... even with a cabin placed in the back, waiting to be permanently installed. Not sure if they are planning to make this campground cabins-only, or if they are simply adding the cabins as an alternative for those who want to stay here without an RV. The newbie at the check-in desk was clueless about what’s going on.

We’ve got considerable distance between us and the neighboring sites ... no one yet to our left where there is a lot of brush and trees to provide privacy. The site to our right is occupied ... totally visible to us, but no one is staying in the trailer from what we can tell. No SatTV since the sky to the south is blocked by trees, but plenty of channels with the off-air antenna. Cell signal is decent with T-Mobile/GCI.

All in all, this campground will make a good base to explore the city and some of the other nearby places.

My only complaint ... the laundry facility is at the ODR Building ... not close enough to walk there with a full load of laundry. But that’s a problem for tomorrow since Mui has taken the car to run errands and reprovision the larder. With a Costco, Lowe’s, Home Depot, Walmart, Commissary and Base Exchange all within close driving distance, he’s in heaven.

I was going to sit on the patio, but we’ve had a rain shower come through, so everything is wet. I’ll just wait until tomorrow to do so.Read more
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- Jun 5, 2021
- ☀️ 66 °F
- Altitude: 466 ft
- United States Alaska Fairbanks Bentley Park 64.834183, -147.69004864°50’3” N 147°41’24” W
Day 34
Day 34 Also Ends @ Glass Park
June 5, 2021 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 66 °F
A beautifully warm, blue sky day in Fairbanks. We didn’t do anything special and I have no photos or stories to tell.

Though Mui got the toad washed yesterday when he was out running errands, the RV was still filthy. Since they allow car washing at this campground, that’s what he had in mind to do. I know better than to get in his way when he’s got his mind set on something. Besides, I built in some down time for our stay here, so today ended up being one of those days.

We had a leisurely morning ... breakfast indoors ... morning tea on the patio with a bit of reading. Then, we hauled the laundry over to the ODR building and while I was taking care of that, Mui gave the Cruiser a good wash. I know, it will get dirty again ... but at least it’s bright and shiny for our stay here at Glass Park.

Since tomorrow is Sunday and the locals will be out playing again, we’re going to go off to explore the Steese Highway ... another long drive, but hopefully one that will be an improvement over the Elliott. Then, when the locals go back to work next week, we’ll go out and explore the city. I’m especially anxious to visit Creamer’s Field to see the sandhill cranes.

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By the way, the mosquito population is growing ... and I think some of them are biters. To keep them out of the Cruiser, we put the Thermacell right outside the door to create a "dome" at the entry point ... seems to have worked, so we'll continue this practice.Read more
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