We checked out of the Hilton at 7 AM and walked down E Street
to the train station. Bought some
coffees and chatted with a nice couple from Cleveland. Boarded the train at 7:45 and at 8:20 were
off on our Alaska Railroad adventure to Fairbanks (357 miles). What a treat to see the sun today and
pretty blue sky along with puffy clouds.
The train is really nice with reclining seats and plenty of leg
room. Our car is close to the upper
deck with bigger windows where we can observe for 20 minutes or so as there are
only 20 seats. Stops along the way
were in Wasilla (Sarah Palin’s home), Talkeetna, Denali and finally Fairbanks.
We ate lunch with 2 guys from Tempe,
AZ.. Lunch was a real treat…..my
spinach salmon salad was excellent as was Mark’s pot roast sliders. We spent the day reading, playing solitaire
on the I-pad, writing this blog and occasionally little cat naps. But big majority of the time we were soaking
up all the beauty. At every twist and turn, WOW!!!! Trees,
trees, so many trees along with rivers, streams and clear, clear bubbling
brooks. We saw 4 black bears swimming
and several moose. The mountains were
magnificent as our train just chugged along (later this afternoon we were between 2 mountain
ranges - the Alaskan Range to our left and the Talkeetna Range on our right.
We had a delicious dinner (salmon chowder for me; Mark
had Alaskan cod.) We really enjoyed the
food and service.
Our train pulled into Fairbanks at 8:00 – it was beautiful
when we stepped outdoors – bright and sunny and 75 degrees Yeah…
Took a shuttle/taxi to the Pioneer Village Inn and we are ready to hunker
down! This was a really fun, relaxing
day filled with sooo much incredible scenery!
We took lots of pictures but slow internet here, so.....the beauty of Alaska coming soon!
Nighty night!
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