Fun in the Midnight Sun....

We arrived in Fairbanks on Thursday, right on schedule. It was good to see Breanne, the baby belly, L.J. and Logan. Friday we ran errands, washed the Canadian dirt off the truck. Here is a shot of Alaska as we drove along the Alaskan Range.

Before getting to Fairbanks, we crossed over the Tanana River, and this is where the Alaskan pipeline also crosses....you can see it thru the raindrops on the window....

Friday night we went with Breanne and L.J. to an outdoor concert - 3 bands including Puddle of Mudd. We were not familiar with them, but they are well known and the concert was sold out. All kinds/ages of people were there. After this blog we will attempt to add a brief video clip from the concert. It was great fun...this picture was taken at about 10:30 p.m.

Here is a picture of part of the crowd....

Saturday night at 10:00 p.m. was the start of the Midnight Sun Run, a 10k run thru town.

Unfortunately just before time to head to the race start, it began to rain, so Tom and I decided to skip it this time. This freed us up to participate in the ritual L.J. has of spraying people going by in the race. This is a fun run, and there are always people spraying the participants, however on a nice warm night the spray is more welcomed than it was on a cool, rainy night!

He had a 500 gallon water tank hooked up to a generator and water pump with nozzles....strong enough spray to knock your shorts off....and almost did a time or two.... Some welcomed the spray, and others indicated No Spray. It was great fun to be bystanders watching the runners, walkers and costumes. Over 3500 people participated this year.

L.J.'s friend "Knuckles" came with his harley blender, making margaritas...Tom got good video of this, so you can really appreciate the sound. You'll have to wait to see our video for that.

This picture was taken at 11:55 p.m. just before we closed up shop. Breanne and L.J. had a party with about 100 people there, prior to race time.

Another picture - can't see the watch, but was taken at the same time, so you can see how light it was out at that hour. We haven't seen dark for about a week now.

We're taking off tomorrow to go on the Denali Highway, south of Fairbanks. We won't return until Friday. There will not be any computer service available, and possibly no phone service....so we'll be out of touch. Will let you know when we're back in civilization next weekend.