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Sue Lacey Alaska & the Yukon
Day13
Wilderness Express to Denali
August 25, 2017 in the United States
We have boarded the Wilderness Express in Fairbanks bound this morning for Denali. This is a luxury train and we have a whole carriage to ourselves- a glass domed upper deck with bar and a dining car downstairs. Our carriage is the last so we have access to the back deck.

Breakfast in the dining car is silver service as we travel through the taiga (little forest).We come to Nenana where 2 rivers meet; one flowing N-S and the other E-W. There are barges on the river and they supply the bush villages.

We see Denali (Mt McKinley) from the distance. The highest mountain in North America, it is really clear. This is unusual as it is normally shrouded in cloud. It's more than 20,000 feet high.

The train continues onwards the mountains past a coal mining area where there are visible scars on the landscape.Read more
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Lyn Burg
Love your new jumper John! Awesome to see you are having a great time, we just had wine time but miss you guys!
August 26, 2017
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Trip: Alaska & the Yukon · @ United States Fairbanks North Star Borough Westgate Deadman Slough · August 25, 2017 at 8:30am · 64°50'42" N 147°50'44" W · Altitude: 131 m
Simon Lehmann The-summer-of-twentyseven
Day6
Angekommen in Fairbanks
August 20, 2017 in the United States
Nach 14h Zugfahrt, drei Mahlzeiten und einigen leckeren 'adult Beverages' sind wir in Fairbanks angekommen. Zwischenzeitlich hatte der Zug gestoppt, da Kinder, welche auf einer Eisenbahnbrücke waren, vermisst wurden, inkl. Suchaktion mit Helikopter. Hier ist es recht schön, jeder hat sein eigenes kleines Haus. Morgen holen wir den Mietwagen und erkunden die Wildnis. So long...
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Trip: The-summer-of-twentyseven · @ United States Fairbanks North Star Borough Westgate Deadman Slough · August 20, 2017 at 10:32pm · 64°50'24" N 147°50'19" W · Altitude: 129 m
Simon Lehmann The-summer-of-twentyseven
Day7
Liquor Store - Check!
August 21, 2017 in the United States
Bei dieser Auswahl wird uns bestimmt nicht langweilig :-D.
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Trip: The-summer-of-twentyseven · @ United States Fairbanks North Star Borough Westgate Noyes Slough · August 21, 2017 at 12:07pm · 64°50'8" N 147°49'3" W · Altitude: 144 m
Mandee Ach it’ll be reet
Day39
Fairbanks, Alaska
July 6, 2017 in the United States
Fairbanks is a very spread out city and quite flat, after arriving at Sven's Basecamp hostel it became apparent that we would need a car. We spent a week here in total and meet some great people. Tom and Ulli both from Germany became the heart and soul of the place and excelled in creating a camaraderie among all the guests. We had dinners all together and even got into a volleyball match. The 24hr daylight led to some late evenings with plenty of beer! Tom and Ulli let us ride along with them to do the Angel Rocks hike and also the Chena hot springs which was around 60c, Very HOT (esp on the hottest day so far) ! On one day it was so hot we had to go into the ice museum and ride the sled on ice. I have to reiterate that if anyone goes to Fairbanks then a stay a Sven's Basecamp is a must, this hostel truly is the most friendly, amazing place we've ever been to. A real family feel. Plus, they had sled dog puppies, if you needed another reason to go...Read more
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Trip: Ach it’ll be reet · @ United States Fairbanks North Star Borough Westgate · July 6, 2017 at 12:22am · 64°49'37" N 147°48'23" W · Altitude: 137 m