Happy Birthday too me!!

Happy Birthday to me!! See I know you thought it was dark all the time during winter in Alaska, so NOT true...this is about 10 am and it is a bright beautiful day even though it is a brisk -2.
This is on our way to Chena Hot Spring which is 50 miles from Fairbanks. It's a beautiful drive....the incredible thing is hunting and shooting is allowed along the highways. There are actually areas to pull off and practice shooting....imagine that!! Even though t is only 50 miles it took us about 2 hours due to road conditions.




















Isn't this cool, you don't see this every day, not even in Alaska.
Our new friends!! Mercedes and Jeanette....their soldier deployed to Iraq on February 15th. He
is a friend of Scott's.






























As you can see we still are on our way to the hot springs. We passed about three or four dog sleds. I think they are training for the upcoming Iditarod.





















This is such a cool place...literally!! Just not as cool as you would think indoors. They keep it at 20 degrees inside. You may have seen this on the Discovery Channel, it's the Ice Museum. You can actually spend the night here. Inside everything is made of ice. They sell Appltini's in ice martini glasses that you can keep....well until it melts. It is located at the Chena Hot Springs.




















The hot springs!! 18 and older are allowed in the springs. There is a hotel and restaurant here also. There is a masseuse on site!! They offer sled rides to watch the Northern Lights, sled dog runs, horseback riding.....so much fun, so little time!!























Our ride back home, it's funny how it seems to take so much longer to get some where then it does to leave. The drive was beautiful on the way back we caught the sunset, it's so neat to see the beauty at different times of the day.

This was a wonderful day!! After our trip to the hot springs we went to the bowling alley on post and bowled three games. I hope you all enjoy the pictures.