Alaska Part 10: Finally, Fairbanks

End of the line:

I did The Alaska Rail Road from South to North!

Getting to and being in Fairbanks wasn't like the other areas I'd been. I went to Fairbanks for two reasons. One, was to do the whole train route. The other was to do a tour, but the tour had been cancelled. I would have had a better time in Fairbanks, but I was there and extra day at the end of a long trip with no real reason to be there.

So I wandered around and tried to take artsy shots of The Antler Arch:


Also, the government throwing coal and gas propaganda at tourists was a thing.

From Seward to Denali it's very easy to be unaware that the state owns the railroad. It's well run, on time and a very polished experience even in 'adventure class'. Then there is the section from Denali heading north where the train's announcer start going in on the 'clean coal' power plant that we go by. And how 'happy and grateful' Alaskans are for their power company.

What?
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Alaska Part 11: The Wrap Up Post

Yup, this is the last one.

Why did my plane look like the 80s?


Not that I am complaining. I put my seat back and listened to The Midnight.

This trip marks the end of my trusty travel journal:


I write down all my travel info and itineraries longhand. It's the best way to keep track of where I should be and when, especially since I travel far from cell phone coverage. I've brought that journal with me everywhere for a long time now. But, it's time to set up a new one.

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The Table Of Contents

I've been posting travelogues and other things that would be easier to navigate in order, rather than the reverse order of DW tags.

I've also put links at the end of each post to the next one, so it's easy to navigate through. I am going to do the same to my Montana and Arizona posts and also add in links to the chapters here. I'll also link other stuff like my post on rail passenger travel for writers, Murderboat etc.

The best of my photography is in galleries on my personal website.

Alaska:
* Part 0: My packing list for 1 bag, 3 climates and several days of food
* Part 1: Anchorage
* Part 2: Train to Seward
* Part 3: In Seward
* Part 4: Kenai Fjords National Park
* Part 5: Going to Denali
* Part 6: Into Denali National Park
* Part 7: Hiking The Tundra
* Part 8: Denali, The Mountain
* Part 9: Back At The Park Entrance
* Part 10: Finally, Fairbanks
* Part 11: Flying Home and Wrap Up

Going from Portland to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon by Rail
* The Coast Starlight
* Layover in LA
* Williams and The Grand Canyon Railway Hotel
* The Grand Canyon Railway
* The Grand Canyon
* The Southwest Chief
* Odds and Ends

Murderboat:
* Concert on the wing of a plane that's a house in the woods

Oregon City:
* Oregon City was way cooler than I expected

Posts of note:
* I wrote a post on Passenger Rail Travel Pre-WWII.
* I wrote a post on Modern Private Rail Travel

* I maintain a Legolas and Gimli Masterpost.