06/21/19 – Fairbanks, AK

Arriving in Fairbanks, we stopped for the day at Walmart, on the Lowe’s side. There are signs stating not over 24 hours parking overnight. We stayed in this area overnight with a van in front of us and a minihome beside. We could see some other campers farther over in the lot and will check that out in the morning. There was a pretty double rainbow when we came out of Walmart. 

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The next morning we unhooked the jeep and checked out the rest of the Walmart parking lot. There are RV spots and a lot of campers parked in that area; more campers than RV spots. It looks like some of them have been there more than the 24 hours.

Tow truck taking car away.

We drove to Saturday farmer’s market. This is larger than the other ones we’ve been to. There were a lot of cars and a lot of vendors. There were homegrown vegetables, crafts, and lots of food places. Plants, flowers, CBD oil, pictures, clothes; you name it.

 From there we went to Pioneer Park. Pioneer Park is a 44-acre city park that opened in 1967 as part of the Alaska 1967 Centennial Exposition, celebrating the 100th anniversary of Alaska's purchase from Russia. The park commemorates early Alaskan history with multiple museums and historic displays an site and is free except for the air museum. 

On the way home we stopped we stopped at the Creamers Dairy at a pullover near their fence where people were taking pictures of some sandhill cranes. 

Back at Walmart, we drove to where the other campers were and parked there for the night. Another crazy town. On the first afternoon, we had a guy peeing in front of the van that was parked in front of us. At this spot we woke up at 3:00 in the morning with three guys yelling and partying at a car. Later this morning a guy was peeing by his car, beside a motorhome with two ladies in it, and in view of many others (including us). Is this an Alaska thing? We've seen it so often now, men and women, in Walmart, Fred Meyers, parking lots, road side pullouts, camping areas. 

It was raining early the next morning (yes, at 3:00 AM when the guys were partying too) and is cool and cloudy. So we're catching up on a few things. Monday we want to make some phone calls on medicare supplement insurances while we've got good cell phone service. There is Lowe's, Home Depot and Sportsman's Warehouse beside us, plus I'm sure other stores to shop in. The Walmart lot looks like a campground, without the grills and chairs.

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