It was the spring solstice so we attempted to see the Northern Lights from Fairbanks Alaska.
We did our homework about the Northern Lights and that seemed the most reasonable. Initially we thought Barrow until we found out how long it would take us to get there.
Our view of Fairbanks from our room
Very strange scheduling with the airlines. Arrive around midnight and leave about 1 am.
We found an interesting place for meals and drinks which was just across the street from the hotel, called Soapy Smiths. The waiter was pure entertainment. The walls were covered with old time "stuff".
Our yurt was about an hour out of Fairbanks. There we had dinner and then waited for the Northern Lights. In the meantime, we had booked a dog sled ride so we would have something to do other than sit around for hours. We were able to enter the area where the puppies were and pet them. For some reason they really loved me.
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| The dog musher |
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| Cook |
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| Drive back to hotel in Fairbanks around 3 am |
So it was a midnight ride for an hour in a dog sled, but no northern lights.Apparently, this was not a good year for the lights.
We did our homework about the Northern Lights and that seemed the most reasonable. Initially we thought Barrow until we found out how long it would take us to get there.
We found an interesting place for meals and drinks which was just across the street from the hotel, called Soapy Smiths. The waiter was pure entertainment. The walls were covered with old time "stuff".
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