Bookstore
Gulliver's Books in Fairbanks
Campsite (overall)
Third Bridge on gravel bar
Pizza
Chair 5 Restaurant,
Girdwood. Good crust, lite oil, great atmosphere.
Quotation
"You may have noticed that Alaskans like to collect things."
Hidden town
Anderson -- most mysterious landscape
Cantwell -- most mysterious structure (large white square on the hill)
Moose viewing
Chena Hot Springs Road
Library
UAF Rasmusson Library. The Consortium Library at UAA is a close second.
Value
$125 conference fee at UAA (conference, 5 lunches, 2 dinners, 2 for
Atanarjuat film and interpretation,
bag filled with goodies, and 25% off books and clothes at bookstore.
Most smoky day
Fairbanks, day two, from nearby forest fires
Most over-equipped
lodging
DV apartment at Fort Richardson, complete with two bathrooms, two TVs, full
formal dining room, kitchen, living room, and king size bedroom/dressing room.
Most disappointing day
Not getting a flight out to Barrow.
Most unusual motorhome
Red Rotel seen previously in Yukon. Houses about 30 people. Seating in
front, berthing in back. Food service out of "pot bellies" in chuck wagon
style. Folks seemed of German nationality.
Most likely stalker
Truck/trailer combo from Arizona. Sighted several times on Kenai Peninsula,
including Homer and Seward, and again at Elmendorf (2x) going in and out of
base gate.
Best Mexican [meal]
Cabana on E. 4th Street in Anchorage.
Best flower display
City of Anchorage

Last updated
Thursday, 05 September 2002 21:21:55 -0400