July 22, 2014
This morning it was cloudy, 51 degrees, but not
raining. We had no rain again all day today and by this afternoon we
had some sunshine.
After breakfast and some clean up, we
pulled the slides in and headed for Fairbanks. We knew there was a lot
of construction on the Parks Highway, but we had heard differing
stories as to travel time to Fairbanks due to that construction. It
wasn't that bad in June when we made the trip from Fairbanks to
Denali. However, we talked to the archivist at University of Alaska
Fairbanks, and she didn't think we could make a late afternoon
appointment with her based on what she had been told about the
highway. That was a little depressing. We left at 11:00 am and by
11:45 we had gone a whopping 8 miles. Most of the time we spent
waiting for a pilot car to lead us through the area. Fortunately
things improved considerably after that. We still had construction
and still had delays and areas requiring pilot cars but at least with
the motor home you can just put it in park and fix lunch while you
wait. We actually got to Fairbanks at 2:30 pm – not too bad. A lot
better than others have experienced - over 6 hours. The good
news is that the areas they have completed are really nice smooth
highway with no pot holes or frost heaves. It should be a really
nice drive when they complete the work. Here's hoping that next
winter doesn't destroy it again.
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| There are not enough "bump" signs in the world for this highway today. |
Since we need to go to the University
we decided to go back to Riverview RV Park for 2 nights and go ahead
and resupply for the trip back across Canada. We will be in and out
or Alaska and Canada for the next several weeks as we start working our
way back south. After we finish in Fairbanks, we will move to Chena
Lakes Recreation Area a few miles further out of Fairbanks. We drove
out there this afternoon to take a look and saw a young male ptarmigan walking
down the road. They have nice bike trails and nature trails and nice
large wooded sites.
We then went to the Pogoda Chinese restaurant again.
Very good and we have enough leftovers for another meal or two.
That's about it for this travel day.
We will see what we can get into tomorrow.
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