Sorry to disappoint, but today we did absolutely nothing. We arrived in Fairbanks yesterday. We rode the scooter downtown last night to the Midnight Sun Festival. It is a street fair with live music. It was a fun time and we didn't have to worry about finding our way back to camp in the dark! We stopped at the North Pole yesterday (OK, it's a town outside Fairbanks). It rained all last night and most of today, so it's a good day to catch up on sleep, do laundry, etc. Eldon is grilling steak for supper. Tomorrow we go on a boat tour down the Chena River and 10:30 tomorrow night is the Midnight Sun baseball game. We saw the moose yesterday not far off the road between Delta Junction and Fairbanks. Pretty majestic guy. The sunset (or is it sunrise?) picture was taken at 3:30 a.m. We are adjusting to no dark, but it is weird. The locals are like bears and hibernate in the winter and keep long hours in the summer. The longest day possible (June 21) is 21 1/2 hours of daylight. The shortest day possible is (Dec. 21) and has 3 hours, 45 minutes of daylight. No daylight would be an even harder adjustment.
Comments from Eldon: Today was an Eldon day; didn't do anything but enjoyed reading & napping. The daylight has been wearing on me; I could use some darkness. Looking forward to the ball game tomorrow night.
Comments from Larry: I came in at 3:30 last night; it was still light. I got chewed out for staying out so late, but I am used to my curfew being at dark. Needless to say, I don't have a curfew - ha! When in Alaska, do as the Alaskan cats do.