Day 16 Tok, AK to Fairbanks, AK

Day 16 we traveled from Tok, AK to Fairbanks, AK.  The road out of Tok ran straight West and was lined on both sides with trees.  At Delta Junction, AK we turned right and headed to Fairbanks.  If we would have went left it would have taken us to Valdez, AK.  Mom, Dad and I will come back that way on our return trip.

We drove over a long span bridge that crossed the Gerstle River.  The rivers here are very wide, muddy, shallow rivers that are meant to hold a lot more water during the spring thaw.  I saw a motorhome with a car tote on back down on the sandbar, and said if he can get there, I can get there.  We drove the entire rig down onto the sandbar and took a lot of good picture, but not one of the the entire rig on the sandbar.   The mountains to the south was the Alaska Range and were very pretty.

It was was an easy drive on into Fairbanks and we arrived at 2:10 PM and parked at the Riverview RV Park.  The temperature was 86 degrees.  We spotted the camper in it’s spot and drove back to North Pole, AK to see Santa Clause Village.  We then drove on into Fairbanks and found were the Riverboat Discovery paddle wheeler launched from.  We will do that tomorrow.  Cathy discovered a brewery so we had to go and check that out and have a beer.  It was the Silver Gulch Brewery.  The beer was good….yum!!

It was after 9 PM and the sun was still high in the sky and it was very hot.  So turned on the Air Conditioning in the 5^th Wheel and went to bed.

Click here to see Day 16 route and pictures.