Friday, August 27, 2010

USA Hockey - Fairbanks, AK - Day 5

08.26.2010
Today we slept in a little (FINALLY!! Right Tara!?!) then we ran a few errands and had lunch with Skip, Rachel (Skip's girlfriend) and John.

Then we headed over to the permafrost tunnels. This was super cool as they are the only ones in the world that are in tact and are not open for tours to the average person in Alaska. After the tunnels we went to the most Northern brewery and head back into town.





We hooked up with Dean and went out on the boat on the Chena River to the Tanana River. He has a super SOLID boat and can run in only inches of water as well as turn and stop on a dime. I was totally impressed because he launched and loaded the boat as a one man crew. Thanks Dean!




Tara and I also took a walk around Pioneer Park (was Alaska Land) and somewhere in there we stopped by the Alaskan bowl factory.
Look out! Tara found a man!!!
OK so we totally paid $8.00 per person to go into a freezer that was at 40 degrees below and throw water into the air... it evaporated.


We returned the rental car did a little shopping and went back to the Tara's house and watched the USA vs. Canada Gold medal game.