Dark dreary
day and so was attitude. This was probably our first on this 45th
day on our continental journey. We need to regroup rest and start fresh
tomorrow.
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| Rain, rain go away! |
It was
raining again this morning, as we headed to the Ft Wainwright Hospital
(nothing wrong with us), just looking for breakfast at the hospital cafeteria.
(That was a good tip from friends back in Berlin, hospitals have good
cafeterias) We spent an hour getting there, you see there’s thousands of
Infantry troops who just love running a couple of miles before breakfast. What
does this have to do with us? The Army has this rule that whenever troops and
marching or doing there PT (Physical Training) the speed limit is 5mph. Road
Guards also stop traffic for soldiers running in formation.
We didn’t
feel like being in the rain so we planned a Cultural Visitor Center tour. We
sort of followed along with a guided tour. Thank you “Great Alaska Tours” for
the guided tour. We next visited the Fairbanks Public Library. I’ve never been
to so many libraries as I have here in Alaska! I must truly say that they are
first class (not talking from experience) I’ve never been to our home town
library, but,... I will check it out when we get back. The main draw for us to go the
libraries is for the excellent WiFi. I need to find a good spot for the BWW
board meeting on Wednesday. The big problem is that up here the libraries open
at 10am Alaskan time. That’s 2pm Eastern time.
We’ll see how it turns out. (I have a couple other options)
The event for
this rainy day afternoon was a visit to the University of Alaska. They have a
terrific museum. I didn’t realize that
the border to Russia is only 650 miles somewhere in the Bearing Sea. The
Russian influence was noticed in pictures and artifacts at the museum.
Back at Ft
Wainwright we stopped in to register for a campsite. $12 took care of our
accommodations for this evening. Tomorrow weather promises to be better.
That is what
we did and saw
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