Weekend in Fairbanks

This past weekend Vanessa and I had a 3 day weekend to go into Fairbanks. There was enough room on one of the flights that left Coldfoot on Thursday, so we arrived in Fairbanks on Thrusday afternoon. We stayed at a place called Go North Hostel, which is where a lot of Coldfoot employees stay when they come into town. It was really nice; they had a bunch of cabins, a kitchen, and an internet lounge. After we got settled into our cabin, we rented some bikes and went to explore Fairbanks. One of the first things we did was get some Pizza Hut, and then we went to see a movie. These are some of the things I have missed while being so far away from civilization! Then we rode our bikes to the store to get a few snacks. On Friday, we went to the Museum of the North, which is a huge museum at the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus. They had exhibits about the Native people, climate, and wildlife of Alaska. It was really interesting. They also had a stuffed brown bear, which was cool because we got to see how big the bears up here can actually get. We ate some Chinese food for lunch, and then went to walk around downtown Fairbanks. We found the ice museum there, and went in to look at all of the ice sculptures. They had one of the artists do a demonstration for us of how they make the sculptures. Then we went to see another movie before going back to the hostel for the night. I woke up early on Saturday so I could skype with Mom and make some phone calls. I never realized how much I missed my cell phone until I could use it again! Saturday was our shopping day; we went to Walmart and Barnes and Noble to stock up on stuff before leaving town. We ate dinner at Chili's, and then headed back up to Coldfoot. It was a really fun weekend and a nice break from being in the middle of nowhere :)