Clearwater Creek, Alaska - Fairbanks, Alaska

Day 18 – Tuesday, August 16 2005
Clearwater Creek, Alaska – Fairbanks, Alaska
Miles Driven: 120

Leaving the campground, we continued on the Alaska Highway to Delta Junction, Alaska; the official end to the Alaska Highway. From Delta Junction we traveled the Richardson Highway that follows the Tanana River most of the way to Fairbanks. Near Big Delta we got a quick look at the Alaska Pipeline. We stopped at an interesting gift shop named the Knotty Shop, and at the Santa Claus House in North Pole, Alaska. We spent the night in a motel in Fairbanks where the smoke from the fires was so bad planes had been grounded and the city was filled with people trying to get out. A health alert had been issued, warning everyone to stay indoors. Now we tell people, yes we have been to Fairbanks, but we couldn’t tell you what it looks like.