Alaska Adventure (part 1)

Alaska Adventure (Part 1) (Part 1)

Participants

In September, 2003, a group of Heritage residents were fortunate enough to visit Alaska.
top row: Bob Signorino, Charlie & Dorianne Harris, Shirley & Hans Maeder
middle row: Walter Kollet, Patty Bingemer, Carolyn Signorino
bottom row: Angela Kollet, Paul Glennan, Chuck Bingemer, Demi Glennan

First stop was Fairbanks, where winter temperatures can drop to -50F to -60F during the long, dark winter.


We had fantastic weather with flowers in bloom everywhere.


Our outing on the Riverboat Discovery, a diesel powered sternwheeler, traveled the Chena & Tanana Rivers. We were told that many Alaskans have their own planes because of the remote living conditions.


The riverboat pulled up to the shore next to the four time Iditarod race winner Susan Butcher’s house and kennel. We learned about sled dogs, mushing, and running the Iditarod trail.

Athabascan Village
We stopped at a replica of an Athabascan
native village for craft and culture presentations.

Dixie Alexander, a native Alaskan artist, showed
examples of her elaborate beadwork and sewing.


Dixie shows the fish camp with its operating fishwheel, and demonstrates techniques for preparing salmon.

An afternoon bus trip brought us to the El Dorado mine where Dexter Clark demonstrated placer and sluice box mining techniques.

Then it was our turn!

See how we did in the next series of pictures.


Gold Rush Fever!

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Photos by Kay Huston, Demi & Paul Glennan and Carolyn Signorino Text and Design by Demi Glennan and Kay Huston.

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