Day 25--Sunday, July 18--Fairbanks

Made our way to Fairbanks through Trapper Creek, Denali, Cantwell, Healy, Nenana, and Ester. This is the McKinley vista--as you can see, it's socked in and the forecast is for it to be the same all week.

Stopped for gas in Cantwell--really not much between Trapper Creek and Fairbanks. Road was pretty rough in spot and a few miles of road construction. Stops are not marked much and there are no billboards. We usually pass the turnoffs to places we want to stop.

Vista from our lunch stop along the road--fireweed update! Almost bloomed all the way to the top--winter in six weeks!

Beautiful vistas on the way into Fairbanks.

Finally, made it to Fairbanks. Nice campground right on the river--actually in North Pole a little north of Fairbanks! Fishing for greyling but not much else so Steve is now changing his focus to gold panning. WE'LL BE RICH!

Had some fresh canned salmon that Karla gave us for happy hour snacks--for their subsistence fishing, they can it, smoke it, or freeze it--got their recipes for smoking and some other salmon dishes.