SATURDAY |
ALASKAN STOP #9Chena Hot Springs ResortOUTSIDE OF FAIRBANKS, AK |
Today we had a relatively short travel day and I needed to once again have to go back to Walmart to pick up a prescription they didn't get right the day before. The pharmacy didn't open until 9:00AM and we were in need of gasoline, plus I needed time to prepare the previous post and upload it, so Winston and VerJean went on ahead of us and secured two great campsite at the FCFS (first come first serve) campground at Chena Hot Springs Resort's campground.
That also afforded us the time to check out two state park campgrounds we passed on the way in today, so now we know where we'll both be camping on the way out in three days.
We are on Campsite #16 and Winston and VerJean are on Campsite #18 on the far right.
We both have this swift moving, babbling brook flowing behind our campsites.
SUNDAY - Yesterday and this morning we walked around the property and checked out all the "old yard art" from when this place was first being developed as a resort back in 1905.
Some of the pieces are obviously newer, but they all seem to fit right in with the look of the place.
Check out this old wagon.
This plane was "flown in here" and then decommissioned
to become the largest piece of yard art on the property.
How about a rusty old dragon?
Or this fish with a porthole view into his heart!
At 11:00AM we had signed up for a 45-minute tour of the Aurora Ice Museum. After we had a 2-hour window to enjoy a delicious meal in the restaurant before we started a Greenhouse Tour where they grow their own decorative flowers and many items that appear on the restaurant menu. After that we toured the Geothermal Enery Plant where they create all the electricity that runs the resort.
On the way back to our campsites we checked out the rest of the property, which includes an active runway where guests are still flown in by small planes to enjoy their stay at the resort's lodge.
CHENA HOT SPRINGS RESORT
MONDAY - It's our last full day here and we saved our soaks in the hot springs for today. Our first of two trips to the hot spring was around 10:00AM and as you can see in the photos hardly anyone else was around.
For $15 you get an all day pass that allows you full access to the outdoor spring, indoor pools and hot tubs, plus showers in the locker rooms from 7:00AM until nearly midnight.
This is a photo of the spring pool we took on Saturday when we arrived.
They have two small indoor hot tubs...
....and an indoor pool area for adults and kids alike.
There's also an outdoor sun deck with another hot tub for everyone to enjoy.
This covered walkway leads to the adult only hot spring pool.
There are several water canons spraying cooler water to keep the temperatures down a bit.
Come on in Winston, the water's fine!
Don't worry about all that steam coming off the water behind me.
OUR ALASKAN CHALLENGE: |
COMPLETED | PROGRESS BAR |
STILL TO GO |
16 | 84 |
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TWO PEAS