Sunday, our dance card is full again 2013

We were back in a bus going to the center of Fairbanks for some feet on the ground touring.  Our 1st stop was at The Chamber of Commerce's very nice display.  Someone ate the mastodon, all that was left was bones.  The huge sunflowers were unexpected as was the arch of moose antlers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Ice Museum ranked right up there with a wax museum.  When you start to tour these venues, it time to fold the tent and move on. Anne-Marie did manage a smile for us having her picture taken twice in The Cooler.  Believe me, her heart wasn’t in it!

     Dave & Diane Trumble from Enfield

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sitting in Ice Chair            Looking out Window

in Ice House     

Next we had ‘Lunch on our own’.   WE went with Jack, his wife Betty Dostie and their Special Daughter Amanda who always brings a smile to my face.  Our quest brought us to Gerardo's Italian Restaurant where we feasted on Lasagna and great service.  Jack offered his help with my mechanical project tomorrow.  I’ll take him up on that!  Our tailgunner has been suffering from a severe ‘stiff neck’.   I invited him to come buy and share in the beer but, NO WORK!

Another Dredge?  This is the 4th one we have ‘discovered’.  The major difference is that this one had a display on the Oil Pipeline and a little train that in a feat fitting for Disney conveyed us to an area where we could pan for gold.

Wanting to test my back,  I tried and succeeded in doing the Limbo under the pipeline.

 

 

 

 

We next went into a gold panning area, we were given a small bag of ore, a pan, instruction and turned loose to dip, swish and splash our way to unimaginable wealth.  All around us, folks who paid attention to the several guide/instructors came up with flakes of gold in their pans,  Would we?

YES!

Look at the concentration here.  These folks are involved with finding gold in dirt.  Anne-Marie and I pooled our earnings (force of habit).  One of us will be able to go to a movie tonight!  Make no mistake here, there are many recreational miners who come here every summer, rent a location on a river or stream and do this with serious profits being made at times.  Much more likely to be profitable than a gambling venue.

Early in the evening, we went to the Salmon Bake at Pioneer Park

At first blush this appeared to be a tourist rip-off.  1st judgments can be wrong and this one was!  The menue of Smoked Salmon, Fried Cod and Prime Rib was cooked and served buffet style outside.  Indoor seating was available, most of us sat in this pleasant grove.  From Salad to Desert every thing was first class.  My Prime rib was very rare and sliced very this at my request.  Folks raved about the Salmon, Anne-Mare and I much prefer the cod.  BTW; This picture is taken at about 8:00pm.  You can tell by the shadow that the sun s still high in the sky.  It sets at about 11:45pm this week.

After dinner, we went to a stage show in the Palace Theater at Pioneer Park.  It was a nice light hearted show. Oh, did I mention that they had a gift shop too.  Tomorrow we fix the landing gear.