Fairbanks and the North Pole Alaska
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After leaving the Denali National Park area we headed north… way north on the
George Parks Highway (route 3) as our first destination was North Pole Alaska,
an eastern suburb of Fairbanks with a population of just over 2,000. We hardly
saw any cars on the way there but we did come to road construction. We later
learned that because of the short season there is always some portion of this
road under construction in the summer. |
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When we drove around town exploring I noticed in the parking lots, the
parking spots have electrical outlets and the cars have plugs hanging out
the front grill to plug your car in during the cold winters. By the statue
of the Unknown Inuit Family we ran into an Inuit Eskimo from Barrow AK so I
now refer to him as the Unknown Inuit Eskimo. He did pose for me to take his
picture. He went on to tell us it was going to be warm today, the sun was
out. Ummm Karen and I had plenty of clothes on because for us it was cold
coming from Southern California. For our unknown Inuit, coming from North
America’s Northern most city it was warm. It was about 55 degrees. |
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Arriving in the North Pole we had 2 things to accomplish.. Eat at one of the
places Guy Fiery, from Diners drive ins and dives did, and get some post
cards to mail from the North Pole. We drove around and scoped the town out
then went over to the Santa Claus Gift House and bought some post cards. If
you mail them from the post office they send them to Fairbanks and they
won’t get post marked North Pole. You have to take them to the Santa Clause
house and mail from there. They then take them to the post office to be
stamped North Pole. Of course we ate at the Pagoda Restaurant at the North
Pole were Guy ate. I mean, just like in the movie Christmas Story, after the
dog eats the turkey, you have to go out for Chinese right… I mean I hear
this has now become a Cleveland tradition, Chinese at Christmas. After lunch
we went to a park and Karen made out the post cards so we could mail them
from the North Pole. |
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