Our adventure began as we touched down on a nice June day in Fairbanks, Alaska. A nice 65 degree wind blew through our hair as we waited for our buses to board. After flying from Denver, Colorado (stopping off in Seattle for a few hours,) it was great to finally touch down in Alaska after a long awaited trip to begin our adventure.
Our trip included 10 days through Alaska, concluding with a Holland America cruise for the last part of the trip. The tour would be going through Fairbanks, Denali, Anchorage. Then sailing our of Seward and Cruising through Glacier Bay National Park, Haines, Juno, and Ketchikan. We would end in Vancouver, Canada for what would be one of the most breath-taking and scenic trips we had ever taken.
Our buses finally arrived as they took us to our hotels to eat dinner and Finish our day. Tomorrow they would be taking us to Denali destination by bus, a destination we readily looked forward to.
For the small amount of time we had, the Fairbanks area is a unique area to Alaska being so large and so far from water. It made me wonder what the residents that stay do during the winter to pass the long dark days. The town is unfortunately over-run by chain restaurants.
We had a big day tomorrow, as we were heading to Denali by bus in the morning. For those of you have had the question, can you sleep in Alaska during the summer? The answer is yes. You can as all of the rooms we visited have heavy shades. We might recommend for those over sensitive to the light to bring close pins, to shut the shades extra tight.
Warning: Be careful traveling in some areas as we were chased by a local as they yelled out racist slurs and told us to leave the area. This was the only time in Alaska we had problems.
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