Fairbanks revisted
I've got to be honest. Fairbanks is not my favorite city. On more than one occasion, I have been excited to learn I'm going to Alaska only to be subsequently disappointed when I hear it is that part of Alaska. Why, you ask. I'll tell you. 1. The hotel we stay at is a menagerie of death. They have every creature, big and small, all with one thing in common: they are dead and stuffed on the walls. I know this is what passes for decor in that part of the world but it is still disgusting and walking in that lobby pisses me off every time. 2. When I think of Alaska, I think of Anchorage, Ketchikan, Seward...places with beautiful expansive water views. Fairbanks is smack in the middle of the state and other than a river or two, has no water view to speak of. You will see no whales in Fairbanks. 3. Years back, a group of us rented a car at the Fairbanks airport. I asked the guy at the agency if there was a chance that we woul...