The Road to Fairbanks

All right, who's game to go into the lodge and pub business with us here in Alaska? Even if it's just a matter of relieving us for a couple weeks every now and then. Come on, you know you want to!



So we stopped at the lodge for sale in Cantwell on the way up. I think it has decent potential. We'll be looking into it further on the way home this Sunday.

Here are some photos of the interior of one of the cabins and the back of the main lodge.


During our drive up to Fairbanks (which took 7 hours with stops), Tess practiced her driving a little. We stopped in Cantwell, then in Healy for a bite to eat. We also took a driving tour of Nenana where they have the Ice Classic. That's a cute little village/town. Lots of log cabins.


We also came across this nice igloo just south of Cantwell. Flat Stanley couldn't resist the photo opportunity.





The drive from around Trapper Creek until you get to Cantwell is amazingly empty of human markings. Not a power line, cabin, or driveway in sight. Just wide open vistas, forests of spruce and birch, and towering snow-coated mountains for as far as the eye can see. The little village of Cantwell appears out of nothing where the Denali Highway meets the Parks Highway. It's a native village but currently the population of about 200 is more non-native.