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it's high enough for animals to pass under naturally
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exposed pipeline - at least half of it is above ground to protect the permafrost and other geo features
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Alaska Pipeline - I was born when the first batch of oil was traveling from Prudoe Bay to Valdez (it took one month)
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it passed under the road a few miles north
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Silver Gulch - north of Fairbanks
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Silver Gulch Brewery - furthest brewery north - stop for lunch
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Jason spent some time "reading" in the art exhibit
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Blue Babe - frozen in time at Museum of the North
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Coffee exhibit at the museum - with free coffee
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one last game
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me and Jason
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All five of us
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the Diehls last night
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Denali from Kincaid Park
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Iditarod HQ in Wasilla
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Iditarod HQ in Wasilla
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heading out of Hatcher Pass
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digging his way out
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he fell in!
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lots of sledders were in the area
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27 weeks
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getting closer to Independence Mine (will there be gold?)
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long walk to the gold mine (only the boys went)
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boys clowing around
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look at all that untouched snow
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oh what fun it is to play in the snow
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me and Jill with Talkeetna Mtns in background
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like son
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like father,
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snowball fight (one sided)
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building a snowman (since he missed the snow in MO)
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man's pose
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fun stop on Hatcher Pass
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Knik Glacier in the distance
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pretty, windy views
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Palin for Governor
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Old Glenn Hwy up to Palmer
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what can I say?
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John Baker won the Iditarod - we went to HQ in anchorage to check out the standings and pick up some Iditarod schlock
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we had a fun time following the Iditarod while they were here
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and again
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and again
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being tourists
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sleeping lade from Snow Goose Pub
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Diehls at Snow Goose Pub for pretty views
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Mr. and Mrs. Diehl
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Coltin loved sliding on the ice
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town square in anchorage
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did global warming get these polar bears?
