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The guy in the picture below, I almost paid him $10 to stop singing…. \u00a0 I’m not sure but I really think that was his plan on how to make money. \u00a0He kept singing the same song over and over, not to mention he wasn’t singing it well.<\/p>\n
Then of course there is the Igloo, it’s seen better days. \u00a0It used to be a gas stop back when I was making this drive in college.<\/p>\n Along with the general pretty splendid sights along the way.<\/p>\n Denali Park is a must do stop on the way to Fairbanks. \u00a0We spent some time in the visitor center. \u00a0 It’s also where we ran into a kid who’d just ridden down from Deadhorse that day. We spent about an hour talking with him, about flat tires on the way up there, how he had to stand up and walk his bike through the snow and ice to get up there… the things you can get away with when you are 20 years old and 6 foot one. \u00a0Not to mention riding a bike that you can stand up over… Neither of us can do that, heck I can barely get my feet on the ground when I’m on the Tiger. \u00a0It just made me feel better about giving up on the idea of riding up there. \u00a0On the other hand, in another week the road would likely be perfect. \u00a0We just wouldn’t have the time to ride it then.<\/p>\n I’m pretty sure that his almost bald tires is the main reason for the flat…<\/p>\n I do regret not having enough time to make a stop here for some of my friends back home, I know they need a few things from here.<\/p>\n By the time we rolled into Fairbanks that night it was really raining and the road to Lori’s cabin was bit on the sketchy side to say the least. \u00a0 I know that I wasn’t very nice when I was on the phone with her asking her why \u00a0she didn’t warn us about this when she texted me directions. \u00a0I’m sure there was some smart comment about her picking the bikes up out of the mud if we dropped them when trying to get to her place. \u00a0Yes, we had to make that turn through the nasty part. \u00a0Not fun, but we didn’t fall in the mud so I considered a good night.<\/p>\n We blew a couple of days in Fairbanks, getting new tires on the bikes, changing the oil and doing some sightseeing. \u00a0I recommend the Fountainhead Antique Auto Museum. \u00a0There were so many great cars there, but I picked this one as I have always had a soft spot for\u00a0snowmoblies, it was one for the first things that my dad ever tried to teach me to drive when I was like 5 years old. \u00a0Needless, to say he saw the error of his ways when I gave it way too much gas and he flew off the back. \u00a0 \u00a0Hum… \u00a0I guess I was born throttle happy… somethings never change.<\/p>\n We also took a side trip over to Circle Alaska, to get a feel for the new tires on gravel roads. This is one of the highlights of the trip. \u00a0I’d never been out to Circle, we had been thinking of trying to make a run up to Coldfoot and back just so we could say we crossed the Arctic Circle twice on this trip, but were talked out of it by John, who’s a friend of Lori’s he does a lot of hunting,trapping and surveying around the area. He recommended we do head to Circle instead while we were playing poker the night before. I’m really glad this night of poker ended better than the last time I played poker with him and Lori.<\/p>\n Once we left the pavement I knew it was the right choice!<\/p>\n There were a couple of roads that went off from the main road so we followed them to see just where they lead, not a single time were we disappointed…<\/p>\n What I liked about this one of Jaime, was that we were talking about how do you take pictures of the scenery that do it justice. \u00a0I think that her look pretty much sums it up… you can’t. \u00a0You take a picture, then look at it, then you try another or 4 and none of them manage to capture the splendor\u00a0of what you are looking at. \u00a0No matter how great the pictures are.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n