Day 17: July 20, 2016



Today Diane and I went on the Riverboat Discovery Tour at 1:30pm. On the way we stopped at the Dennys "The Northern Most Dennys in the World" It took us an hour to get our food. Then Jeff dropped us off at the tour Location.


Little History: Riverboat Discovery Captain Charlie Binkley first arrived in Fairbanks in 1898 with dreams of piloting sternwheelers on the great river systems of Alaska and the Yukon. A great family tradition was founded in Fairbanks and over 90 years later his descendants still continue to carry passengers on Alaska's rivers. The Discovery Sternwheelers are the only remaining authentic sternwheelers left in the state.



Cruising done the river a Bush Pilot took off and landed right by us.



Cruising the River:


The Pump House Restaurant:


Sled Dog Demonstration: Susan Butcher Champion of the Iditarod Sled Dog Race 4 times passed away in 2006 from Cancer. Her husband and daughter have continued her legacy and here is her kennels and dogs.


Granite was the runt of the litter and everyone told her to get rid of him. He was her lead dog and led her to 4 Iditarod Victories. He also saved her life on one of the Iditarod races.



We toured an Indian Village:
Demonstration of cutting up and drying fish.


Demo on how they waste no part of the animal:



Houses in the Indian Village:



Caribou at the Indian Village:

As you can tell we both have good taste!



Back at Virgils, Before Bed: Don put his hat over Cisco's face to keep the light out of his eyes.


*Roland with the flow!












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