Tagged: Chena River

110-year-old building returns home to Chena

  Old Chena townsite building as it was being prepped for the return trip to Chena In early 1901, months before E.T. Barnette’s party landed on the bank of the Chena River, George Belt...

January 5, 2017 – Snowy, blustery day at the Chena River

I walked down to the Chena River last Thursday just before sunset. It had pretty much stopped snowing, but the wind was drifting in the tracks I had made just a few days before....

Outside on Black Friday – A snowy November day in Fairbanks

I took the opportunity today to go for a walk in the woods behind my house.There was 8-10″ of fresh snow, most of it still unspoiled by snow machines. Partly cloudy with a temperature...

Sandpiper, Mallards at Chena River lagoon – 6-12-15

Walked down to the lagoon behind my house at the end of  Hamilton Avenue. Had a lovely time watching the sandpipers chase each other around, the ducks sunning themselves and paddling around the lagoon,...

Fox tracks along the Chena River – December 2014

During my recent walk along the Chena River I saw lots of fox tracks–must be a good vole year. For the first photo above, which is several shots stitched together, I stood about six...