Fairbanks, AK
July 19, 2019
Just a quick post on our activities of the day.
We started the day at the Museum of the North on the University of Alaska campus. It was nice but a little overpriced ($14 each plus parking). Here are some of the animals on display.
A 8'9" & 1,250 pound grizzly bear...
a polar bear...
a bull moose...
and a bison.
Also a mammoth and mastodon bones and the difference.
We left there and had a quick lunch at The Cookie Jar before going to the Riverboat Discovery cruise.
We saw a Super Cub airplane take off and land on the Chena River.
We stopped and saw the Susan Butcher Kennels. Susan won the Iditarod race four times. Unfortunately she passed away in 2006 but her husband and daughter still run the kennels. They gave a demonstration of the dogs pulling the 4 wheeler in the picture. Those dogs do love to run!
Some of the homes along the river were beautiful. The tour guide said one acre river waterfront lots sell for $100,000 and go lower in price the farther away from the water.
We stopped at the Chena Indian Village for a guided walking tour of an Athabascan Indian village. We saw some reindeer, which are the same as caribou, but these look like they are taken care of unlike the ones in the wild that look scraggly.
We learned how the Indians lived before and after the late 1800s, and the different kind of animal pelts and what they were used for (none of it went to waste). After the tour we were free to walk around the village. It was very interesting.
That's all for now. Roving on...
That's all for now. Roving on...
The heavens declare
the glory of God, and the firmament shows His handiwork. Psalm 19:1
Mark had his picture taken with the huge bear (Otto Bear) when he was four or five years old... when the bear was in a different location... but we had to find it when we were in Fairbanks to get another picture! (We need to try and get the original from his parents albums from his sister!) That was a highlight!
ReplyDeleteWe also really enjoyed the Discovery Tour!
Thanks for sharing!