somewhere down the road

got much further than we'd planned yesterday, which left us with not many miles to cover today. slept in, leisurely breakfast, and rode the last 100 miles of the alaska highway.



so we spent the rest of the day playing.



another hundred miles took us to fairbanks, where we walked around and did some shopping and such. we saw a guy in prison stripes holding a sign out for passing traffic to read: "fred the felon for mayor" then we checked into our hotel (jacuzzi tub!) and headed out for the afternoon.



pioneer park was a little kitschy, but fun - played minigolf on a course that looked like an overfunded scoutarama. then we went to the all-you-can-eat salmon bake (also featuring cod and prime rib) that every guidebook and every local insists is a must. (yum!)

tomorrow is the barrow adventure, then straight from there to denali, so we'll be out of touch for a while...more posts and more pics sometime next week.