From Tok to Delta Junciton to Fairbanks!

Wow.   It's Monday today and I see that my last post was on Friday.  I needed the break.   

Today I'm still in Fairbanks (3rd night).   Today I'll update this blog, decide where to go next and plan my "next adventure"!




After 4 nights at the cabin in Tok RV Village, I decided it was time to move on.   So off I took along the rest of the Alaska Highway, heading west. 

  First stop: Delta Junction where the Alaska Highway ends and the Richardson Highway begins:

 The scenery is beautiful, and some of the shops along the way were fun and creative.   This is the Knotty Shop.

 







Yesterday was a great day:


I started out at the Fountainhead Antique Auto Museum, hoping to see cars from my favorite auto era: the 1940's.   Instead, the autos ranged from the first in the U.S. (1893 if I recall correctly) through 1936.   Lots of fun though, as the 75 cars where supplemented with music from the 1920's (my favorite era) and - for the ladies - an array of stunning dresses from the 1920's.  Despite there not being any autos from the 1940's, the music was well-known to me (Al Jolson, Fanny Brice, Eddie Cantor, Josephine Baker, etc.).   I spent nearly 2 hours here:

1932 Cord to the left.

And a top of the line 1936 Packard to the right.

A row of cars in the photo below, left.   


And for the fashionistas, here are photos of some of the dresses from the 1920's:

 Then it was time to move on to the Museum Of The North at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.  Here I learned about the creation of Alaska through tectonic activity spanning millions of years; the history of human population of the state; all about a few men - and several remarkable women! - who forged the lure and legend of the state; and then current geologic and oceanic research.  Oh.  And a art gallery devoted to experiences in the Far North.   Awesome display!