Sweet & Sour

Made it to Fairbanks in hope to see the Aurora Borealis, or Northern lights. Bucket list item for sure and occurs this time of year. Nothing is guaranteed but a claimed 240ish days of the year they are visible near Fairbanks. We will probably be staying in the city for a few days to give us the best chance. It’s been raining and overcast so far.

The landscape has changed from mountainous Seward/Anchorage to less towering mountains and more of an open/ rolling mountain feel. Closer to the city are vast overlooks that dip your eyes into the fall colors of yellow, green, and orange. Winter is spoken about by the locals and prepared for as we’ve seen sleds for kids in shopping areas waiting to be sold.

Off of topic - many of the streams/rivers we’ve seen are grey in color. The sand and mud have also been grey, interestingly.

We spoke to a local resident and found out a few things. One of which is why a lot of people have cracked windshields. Due to the temperatures they don’t use salt for the roads, they use gravel. This gravel gets kicked up putting cracks in cars.

We made a pit stop at a local Chinese restaurant for food and ordered too much for our stomachs to hold.