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Alaska & Spokane, WA
Aug-Sept 2019

The Town of North Pole, Alaska

is a short drive from Fairbanks

Here it is Christmas year round

The Catholic Church has

a very appropriate name

   
The Museum of the North on the campus of the University of Alaska at Fairbanks
Exhibits of Natural History and Archeological Discoveries
 
This seat was made from a single copper "nugget"

Alaska was once a Russian colony

The influence of the

Russian Orthodox Church

is evident

Modern Art with Native Themes

Panning for Gold

Tourist Style

With Treasured Results

 

Amazing that people must be given this warning

   
Fairbanks has a surprisingly significant Thai population
This restaurant is so popular that 15 minutes after opening for dinner it was filled to capacity

Tasty, healthy food and
an array of traditional Thai instruments