Chena Hot Springs / Pipeline / Wildlife



 This is what the moose did after Jason whistled at it. 

 The moose! So scared, but so cool!

 The calf that was with the moose.

 A sled dog puppy. SO CUTE!

 Sled dog

  The lake where the moose was.

Chena Hot SPring



 Pipeline right outside of Fairbanks

 Sign by the Pipeline

The bear right the middle of the road.  Awesome.

Chena Hot Springs / Pipeline

I slept in this morning till about 10:30 p.m.  I guess that is because we were up till about 2:30!  As soon as we got going, we headed out to Chena Hot Springs, about an hour away from us.  This is a beautiful scenic area where there are natural hot springs you can go in.  There are also many activities such as dog mushing, horseback riding, flight-seeing, and much more.  We decided to take a short hike around a lake.  It started out near the dog kennels (pictures below).  These are some of the dogs they use for the Iditarod, and also the Yukon Quest.  The Yukon quest is another dogsled race (1,000 miles almost as long as the 1,100 Iditarod) that goes from the Yukon Territory to Fairbanks!  (or vice versa)  This year it starts here, so we will get to go downtown and see all of them take off.  Can’t wait! Anyway, we saws the dogs and even saw some puppies.  Made me even more ready to get our husky puppy, as soon as we find one!  So we walked about halfway, and made it to a lake.  All of a sudden I heard a huge splash.  We looked over, and there was a huge moose in the water, with her calf behind her.  Now, we’ve read enough about Alaska and it’s wildlife to know to turn the other direction. But no, Jason and his dad went closer to get pics.  Jason even whistled at it, causing it to look up quickly from drinking, and stare him down!  Beth, her mom and I headed the other direction, not wanting to have to run for our lives.  It was pretty cool though. 

On our drive back we saw more wildlife, another moose, and a black bear.  That was pretty neat as well.  We also stopped and saw the Alaska pipeline. 

After a great supper, we dropped Jason’s parents off at the airport.  It was hard to say goodbye, not knowing when we would see them again, but we were very blessed to have them here! 

This evening was time to work on my blog, and hopefully to bed sooner than the past two nights.  We will see what the day has in store for us tomorrow. 

Oh, and it was a beautiful 78 here today.  LOVE IT!  (still praying for those with high heat back home)

God bless!