Organ Pipe National Monument, February 2023
We had an absolutely wonderful stay at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument southwest of Tucson on the Mexican border. I have to say that the pictures don’t do it justice. It is an amazing place.
Fairbanks (July 2024)
Our next stop was Fairbanks. We visited Gold Dredge #8, the Museum of the North, and Pioneer Park. We took a riverboat ride on the Chena River with a stop at Trail Breaker Kennel, the kennel started by four time Iditarod winner, Susan Butcher, and a recreated Chena Indian Village. We also had dinner with my cousin Jane and her husband, Jim, long time Fairbanks residents. And as you might have guessed, we did manage to see a moose cow and calf in a pond in the Chena River Recreation Area. But first the pipeline: Gold Dredge 8. Later in our trip, we got to see exactly how these monster floating machines transformed the landscape in Dawson. They scooped up the gravel at the bottom of a stream bed, sorted out the gold, and dumped the remaining gravel in a long serpentine pile behind. The last photo in this group shows a bit of these long piles of gravel in Dawson. Dinner with my cousin, Jane, and her husband, Jim, on the Chena River. Museum of the N...
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