Did chores today, post office, laundry etc. then to Soapy Smiths for lunch. Not too bad. Interesting place. Lots of history to read on the walls etc. Even had a Smith Brothers fm Poughkeepsie sign there!!! I know, now they need a Salt Point sign!!!
Huge post office here. Looks like its an outing for some.
42 degrees and sunny!
Walked to the Yukon Quest Race center. Met a lady there who knows the person Hank went out with and she has run the Quest herself. She painted the new Quest logo signs and did a dog sled pic fm Pleasant Valley--that's Alaska not NY. She signed one for me with a photo etc. Some info on the Quest.-- 25 entries. This year the dog sled race was from Whitehorse, Yukon to Fairbanks (they reverse each year). It is said to be a GRUELING race of approx 1,000 miles. Not as many checkpoints as the Iditarod and tougher tourraine, (can't seem to sp. that word, little punchy tired right now). Dallas Seavey won the race and then came in 3rd in the Iditarod!! He used the same dogs for each race. Many of the Iditarod mushers, about 2/3 did both races. Lance Mackey has won both the Yukon Quest and Iditarod in the same year. The time board was still up in the Quest Center and many were there to tell the stories fm this year.
Apparently Dallas and his dogs got into the water. Another musher came by, stripped him down and he came into the checkpoint with a only a blanket around him!!! Went on to win the race.
Then to the Visitors Center. She said its just around the corner. 20 min later, around the corner, I found it and the lady said CLOSED!!! Not a nice lady either. Met a Fairbankian (my word, I think) with her two small children who had spent a few hours in there. Told me more things to see in Fairbanks. She took me back to the hotel in her car.
Then it was time for curling. Never saw a for real game so I went for it....another just around the corner one!! After a mile, someone said its just another 1 1/2 miles--I QUIT--back to the hotel for a taxi!!
Got to the Fairbanks Curling Cente and the kids were practicing. Met some great people fm here and they explained the game to me. Tammy and Pammy (no Tara, they aren't hookers). Got nice pics and movies and was invited for Wed nite to a $5 dinner and a game. Interesting sport. Said to be the oldest (100 years +) and most popular sport in Fairbanks. Quite a lot of skill involved. Good to start young.
I know about a stone, bulls eye, sweeper, skipper , and where the word came from, all in one day!
Back for dinner and a swim.
Tammy took me home in her car as it was NOT around the corner!! Will see all my "buds" on Wed.
HANK waiting for a team to come in
