FAIRBANKS

SO WE GET TO FAIRBANKS.  I HAVE AN OLD FRIEND HERE DARRELL ENSMINGER.  HE USED TO LIVE IN KLAMATH FALLS.  I TALK TO HIM EVERY FEW YEARS.  HAVEN'T SEEN HIM IN ABOUT 7 YEARS.

THIS IS CAROL LOCK AND HER SON GREG FROM TEXAS.  THEY OWN A TAXIDERMY AND GAME PROCESSING COMPANY.  WOW!!!  SHE IS A FEISTY TEXAN.  ADORABLE AND OUT SPOKEN.  LOVED HER.  THE NEXT NIGHT I COOKED HALIBUT, MADE CEVECHI AND COOKED CLAMS.  CAROLS HUSBAND GREG JOINED US

 

I CALL HIM UP AND HE COMES OVER.  OLD HOME WEEK.  WE TALK AND TALK AND TALK.  THE NEIGHBORS COME OVER  AND WE HAVE A FEW DRINKS.

OKAY SOMETHING SCREWED UP. IT'S A FLIPPING COMPUTER WHAT CAN I SAY.  AT LEAST I HAVE SERVICE .....EVEN IF I DID HAVE TO PAY $7 DOLLARS A DAY TO LOG ON.

ANYWAY DARRELL DROVE US ALL AROUND FAIRBANKS.  TOOK US TO A COUPLE OF GOLD MINES.  HE WORKS AT ONE OF THE BIGGEST IN ALASKA CALLED FORT KNOX.  WE WENT TO A FEW COOL BARS ONE WAS THE HOWLING DOG SALOON.  GOT TEE SHIRTS FROM THERE.  WE AT  DINNER AT THE TURTLE BAR.  AS WE WERE ARRIVING 2 TOUR BUSES OF 60 ASIAN ARRIVED.  OH @#$% WE THOUGHT WE WOULD NEVER GET SERVED.  WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!! THEY HAD A GREAT SALAD BAR.  WE ALL ORDERED PRIME RIB.  WE HAD ESCARGOT AND COCONUT SHRIMP FOR APPETISER.  I HAD TO CANCEL MY DINNER.  I WAS FULL AFTER THE SALAD AND THE APPETISER.