June 22 Fairbanks

After the midnight baseball, we got a slow start and left the RV park after noon.  John dropped me off at Pioneer Park in Fairbanks and he went north to fish.

Pioneer Park has a variety of original log cabins being used as shops and food service locations, there are museums, miniature golf and a wooden carousel.  I visited several exhibits during the afternoon.  This wooden cabin steam operated shovel was used at the Panama Canal in Hawaii and during the development of Davidson Ditch here in Alaska which as a major water line.  Kelly, we'll have to see if there are any images of it at the PC on our trip.

I left the park to walk and found, within a half block the sign for the City of Fairbanks Snow Storage Lot and the Chena River where there were people floating the river as well as teenagers jumping off the bridge into the murky water.  Good day.

I went fishing on a little stream at mile marker 11 on the Elliott Highway (Chatanika River). The kid that set in front of us last night at the ball game told me it was a good place for grayling.  He was right, just not for big ones.  It was crystal clear and flowing pretty good.  Caught 8-10 Artic grayling, a real pretty fish.  The first one was all of 6", gave one hell of a fight! The biggest probably in at 10"...my wrist will take months to get back to normal!  Looking forward to the trip on the Kenai and the Halibut in the ocean.