Touring Fairbanks

On Wednesday night I went to the local car races in Fairbanks. They had two classes of cars, Legend cars that are similar to 1937 cars, and Bandelaro. The Bandelaro can’t weigh more than 750 pounds, including the driver, and they had 30 hp engines. The drivers were girls, I believe in their teen years. The Legend cars were for the adults. The next day Nan and I and our two friends (Jan and Paul) went to the Chena Hots Springs, about 60 miles from Fairbanks. They had an ice hotel that we toured. It included ice chandeliers, a chess set, ice sculptures, and an ice toilet (for display purposes only). On the way back we looked at the Alaska pipeline. Most of it is above ground, but some goes underground. The next day we got a tour of the North Pole by Jesse the elf/campground worker/local pastor. Then last night Nan and I went to a 3-hour chef school. We helped prepare halibut encrusted in macadamia nuts, asparagus wrapped in fillo dough, and baked Alaska. I enjoyed it more than Nan. She doesn’t understand why you should go through all that work when you can pop a frozen dinner in the micro and be eating in 10 minutes.