06/10/2019 / No Travel Day – River Discovery Tour
Start Location:
- River’s Edge Campground
- 4140 Boat Street, Fairbanks, Alaska 99709
- 907.474.0286
Start Time: N/A
Mileage: 53,693
End Location: N/A
End Time: N/A
Mileage: N/A
Cost Per Night: $53.95 USDWeather: 51 - 70 F Sunny
It was chores day. After a yummy bacon breakfast, we did laundry. This place has a super nice laundry room. Their internet is top notch too. Hopefully, I will be able to post some of this journey on my blog.
We made a trip to Fred Meyers – needed a few things including our fishing licenses.
Then we spent the afternoon on the River Discovery Tour.
We cruised the Chena River in the Sternwheeler Riverboat Discovery 3. This river is a 100-mile tributary of the Tanana River in the Interior region of the U.S. state of Alaska. Paul and I really enjoyed this three-hour cruise. It took us into the heart of Alaska and educated us about the people who have made the rivers a way of life for five generations.
We saw a bush floatplane takeoff alongside the boat, visited the home and kennels of the late four-time Iditarod winner Susan Butcher and visited a Chena Indian Village.
We bought the book, “Granite” and had it signed by the Susan Butcher’s husband David Monson. Granite was Susan’s greatest lead dog, but he didn’t start that way. He was a shy, scraggly pup that the others pushed around, but Susan saw his potential. Together they worked until he became leader of her winning team. Can’t wait to read it to the grandsons.
Something you normally do not witness very often; this tour provided you with free blueberries donuts, coffee, and teas. Further, on the return trip, samples of salmon were served on a cracker – scrumptious.
Wildlife Spotted: Duck, Geese, Reindeer (actually Caribou), Squirrel, Salmon (Robin was holding it.)
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| Stuffed Wolf at the Alaska Fish & Game where we bought our Fishing License |
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| Big Blue Binkley House on the Banks of the Chena River |
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| Fish Smoke House Area |
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| What is the difference between Cariboo and Reindeer / Reindeer Fly |
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| Love the Moose Antlers above the Door |
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| Bulls Fighting: Die Like This Because They Could Not Separate. |
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| The Sternwheeler Riverboat Discovery 3 |
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| Chena River, Fairbanks, Alaska |
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| Squirrel up a Tree at the Campground |
2019 Alaska Vacation Journal
- Travel Day – River’s Edge Campground (29)
- Travel Day – Sourdough Campground (28)
- Biking, Cheechako’s, Diamond Tooth Gerties (27)
- Dredge No. 4, Claim 33, Alchemy Café , Dawson City (26)
- Travel Day – Gold Rush Campground RV Park (25)
- Fish Ladder, Rotary Centennial Bridge & the S.S. Klondike (24)
- Travel Day – Hi Country R.V. Park, Whitehouse (23)
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