Fairbanks Again . . . Day 2

Day 42  Tuesday July 26, 2016                  Fairbanks, AK    Chena River Wayside SRA, site 12, day 2

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Today was errand day.  It was a nice morning and we made a fire to enjoy with our morning coffee.  Because we are in the city we had good 4G LTE signal and I got three blogs posted. 

Went to do laundry at same place we did a few weeks ago.  We are getting to know our way around Fairbanks.  That’s probably not a good thing.  Next door was a Thai food place named Bahn Thai.  Every little nook and cranny in Alaska has a Thai restaurant, shack, or truck.  Fairbanks has about 10 Thai places, just driving around.  Anyway, it was very good.  The best that we’ve had yet and the most authentic.

One of my propane tanks was empty and we found a Tesoro that filled propane tanks.  That was easy.

Then on to Fred Meyer for some groceries, ice, and two bundles of the lowest price firewood in all of Alaska.

Marsha went to Michael’s for some special yarn.  Yes, they have Michael’s in Fairbanks.  They have everything in Fairbanks.  Even the farthest, most northern girl scout troop.

Back at campsite we had the cocktail hour.  Worked on Teklanika blog drafts.  Just made sandwiches for dinner.

We are glad to get out of here.  There are some creepy people here.  Across from us was an old class A motorhome with boxes and boxes of stuff piled up around his campsite and against his rig like he was moving, but had nowhere to put it. 

Another two sites next to each other had about four tents in each site, groceries all over the picnic tables, tarps, clotheslines, and lots of women and kids running around.  They were there two weeks ago, too. 

Another tent site had about four tents and there were four, what looked like winos, sitting around. 

The guy with the tent and beat up van with the screaming 2 year old was still there and still noisy all night.  

We decided we would not stay there again.  Obviously the state is not monitoring the place and are letting this go on.  There are not many choices in Fairbanks, but I will not camp in a homeless shelter.

It’s too bad because it is a beautiful campground right in the city, off Airport Way and University Drive.