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Latest StuffThe location will be at Kath's home, in Fairbanks, Alaska, USA. Being this far away does cause some trouble, but is also a great excuse to go on a long holiday in the middle of a Kiwi winter.
Kath's place is 920 Amanita Road, Fairbanks, USA. Fairbanks is located about 7 hours drive north of Anchorage, or 45 minutes by air and is located slap bang in the middle of Alaska. For those driving up from Canada, it's about 10-12 hours drive west from Whitehorse.
Directions to the Hewitt house from Fairbanks City:
Head east from Fairbanks, get on the Steese Expressway heading out of town toward Fox. Stay on that until you reach the exit for Chena Hot Springs Road, and turn right onto CHSR. Travel about 5.8 miles, until you reach Amanita Road (on the left – we’ll tie balloons to the stop sign at the bottom of the road or something). If you reach Nordale Road, you’ve gone too far. Turn left onto Amanita Road, and stay on it for about ½ mile until you get to a driveway on the right with a parking area just above it (if you get to Warp Drive, you’ve gone a wee bit too far), 920. There is a sign saying Hewitt/Coote 920 on it, we will have it marked a bit better on the day.
Directions to Dog Mushers Hall from Kath's place;
Insert directions here Kath!
The weather is usually warm, about 10 deg C (50 deg F) at night, to mid 20's (60's F) during the day, and it sometimes gets up to mid 30's (90's F). Kind of like a warm spring day here in NZ. Hopefully it will be sunny most of the time, and a whole lot better than NZ in June!
As a side note, Fairbanks is only about 500 feet above sea level, so it's not a high altitude place.
Most people seem to be travelling via Los Angeles, to Vancouver or Anchorage then making their way up to Fairbanks. We are flying to St Loius for another wedding and then driving up to Fairbanks via Vancouver and Whitehorse (5000 miles, 10 days we hope).
The Alaskan Railroad travels between Fairbanks and Anchorage and has some wonderful scenery that you won't get from the road. Alaska Airlines flies regularily between Fairbanks and Anchorage, Seattle, Vancouver, Portland and Los Angeles. The Alaskan Marine Highway System (here or here or here) runs a ferry service between Bellingham (Washington, US) and Haines (Southeast Alaska) with many stops in between. Also, Greyhound runs a bus service up to Whitehorse, then a another bus company goes from Whitehorse to Fairbanks. A bus service also comes up from Anchorage. Get names of them.
Coming soon.
Explore Fairbanks - What to do
in Fairbanks.
Northern Alaska Tour Company -
Kath's old employer and purveyor of fine rides and flights up north to the
sea.
Travel Alaska - Alaska Vacation
Guide.