JUNE 24 (Fairbanks,
AK)
We flew into Dawson City for fuel, and we thought we might
go into town, but since the taxi was going to cost $64 round trip, we decided
to skip that and just keep going on to Fairbanks instead. It was close to 90 degrees there, and the
plane had a hard time climbing. We hit
quite a long down draft from the mountain nearby soon after take-off and Roger
later said he was a bit worried for a bit.
We followed the road to Fairbanks, where we got our first hotel. Some of these flights take a long longer than
if we would go direct, but Roger usually wants to stay over the only highway
available when there is not good place to make an emergency landing in case of
an engine failure. A taxi picked us up
from the airport and took us to the hotel.
This past week was the summer solstice, so they were having celebrations
and the street the hotel was on, and two others were blocked off and it was
like a street fair with food booths, people selling things, games, etc. So we walked around there and ate (we hadn’t
really eaten since breakfast except a couple snacks and were hungry!) JOLENE
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| Miles and Miles of Old Gold Dredge Mounds in Dawson City |
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Old Gold Dredge Hills in Dawson City
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| Dawson City, Yukon |
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| Following the Road To Fairbanks |
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| Arriving at Fairbanks International |
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| Parked With Hundreds of Bush Planes on The Field At Fairbanks International |
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