Day 30 of Our RV Journey to Canada & Alaska - 6/11/14 Leaving Tok and Traveling to Fairbanks, AK

This morning we left Tok Village RV Park in Tok, AK at approx 8:00 and began traveling to Fairbanks. We stopped over an hour later to go to Delta Meat & Sausage at Mile 1413 on the Alaska Highway.  The guys purchased some buffalo sausage links.  They had a couple of mounts in their shop that the taxidermy work was done very well.

lynx that was trapped & red fox

red fox

Not too long after we left there, we saw 4 moose in a swampy area on both sides of the highway …. sorry, the only picture I was able to get was one that run into the wooded area and I got his back end,

We ran into a couple of construction areas that we had to stop for awhile at.  Also on the way we saw the Alaskan Pipeline.

We also traveled by the Eielson Air Force Base which was built in 1943 and is the farthest north full-up fighter wing in the United States Air Force.  It has 60,000 square miles of military training airspace; the largest aerial range in the country.

Eielson Air Force Base

Before we got to Fairbanks we stopped at the North Pole in North Pole, Alaska.

Guess who happened to be there???

 and some of his reindeer...

The reindeer have different hooves than whitetail or mule deer.

Just some interesting  info. I looked up about the reindeer hooves.

Snowshoe - Shovel - Paddle FeetCaribou and reindeer have large special hooves with four "toes" on each foot. These provide a number of benefits in their harsh Arctic environment. 1. The toes spread out wide to act like snowshoes - distributing the animal's weight so that it can "float" over snow, soft ice, muskeg and wetlands without sinking in. 2. The sharp-edged hooves easily break and clear the snow when caribou dig for food. The name caribou comes from the Micmac Indian word "xalibu," meaning "the pawer". 3. Large feet make good paddles. Caribou are very strong swimmers and often have to cross wide rushing rivers or thaw lakes that block theirmigration path Reindeer also have dewclaws, or toe like structures on the back of the leg, in the area you and I call the heel. Their dewclaws will help support them on the soft soil of the summer Tundra. When the reindeer walk, you can hear a "clicking" sound from their legs and ankles. The clicking is caused by friction in an ankle tendons, or sinews.   .

We called ahead (yesterday) and made reservations to stay at Riversedge RV Park  in Fairbanks for the next 4 nights ($ 41.35 x 4 nights = $ 165.40 Cap) = 30 amp/full hook-ups/cable TV/WiFi - Good Sam Disc

Total Miles Traveled Today = 210

Have a good rest of the day.

Fd 10.91Cap/
Souv/Gifts 31.14 Cap/12.95 Cap/

jl