Rika’s Roadhouse in later winter 2011 Big Delta—so named because of its location at the confluence of the Delta and Tanana Rivers, and to differentiate it from Delta Telegraph Station on the nearby Little...
On our last trip down the Parks Highway we over-nighted at Byers Lake campground. In the afternoon we rented a canoe an paddled across the lake. It was clear and sunny and we got...
Harding Car at Pioneer Park in 1996 Many Fairbanskans have probably seen the “Denali” Pullman car on display at Pioneer Park, but how many know its history? It was part of the...
I saw this plant at the East Fork Chulitna Wayside and had no idea what it was. The plant was about 24 inches high and covered with pale yellowish brown blossoms. The leaves at...
On our most recent outing we stopped at the East Fork Chulitna Wayside, at mile 185 of the Parks Highway. I saw a lovely little patch of Larkspurl-leaf monskhood (Aconitum delphiniifolium) there. As the...
We went traveling again last week. Stopped at Ermine Hill Trailhead along the Parks Highway and walked in a bit to see what there was. It was partly cloudy and a bit rainy and...
I was walking around downtown yesterday and happened on these four old Farmall tractors on display across the street from the Clay Street cemetery. Cool! Farmall A (cub) Farmall H Farmall Super M...
The photo above is of the old Lindy’s Grocery Store building at 3450 College Road. Carroll “Lindy” Lindberg and his wife, Barbara, owned and operated Lindy’s Grocery at its downtown Fairbanks, and College Road...
My front yard is a native-species garden. Fortunately, may of the wildflowers appearing there are volunteers, sown by the wind and birds. Siberian Asters (Aster sibiricus Linnaeus) are some of the volunteers. This year...
I noticed some Northern Bedstraw (Galium boreale) poking up through my common juniper bushes this summer. The bedstraw has confined itself in years past to the highbush cranberries, but it looks just as lovely...
