Saturday 27 July
Chris, Ross, and Tayla had a morning swim while Danika and Josh slept and then we packed up our room. We set off for a hike up Charlie Dome which was pretty much straight up. On the way to the summit, we passed some Yurts where people come to watch the Northern Lights in Summer. It would be amazing in the snow seeing the Northern Lights – may need to come back to do this one day! It took us about 3 hours and after our walk, we did some washing while our tired bodies enjoyed the hot pools.
We left Chena in time to make it back to Fairbanks in time for the Salmon Bake that we had been looking forward to for quite some time! All you can eat Salmon, Cod and Prime Beef (as well as Dessert – just as well we had a light lunch in preparation). After dinner, it was off to Walmart to stock up and camped there the night. We tried to park where the Free WIFI was best, which was right by the entrance to the carpark – which was a mistake, especially on a Saturday night – worst place to sleep ever, so noisy!
We messaged Darrell and Deb Bourne and said we would come to their Church in the morning.
