Fairbanks, AK Where The Sun Never Sets…

We arrived in Fairbanks to a sunny, 77F day. This is definitely not what comes to mind when an outsider thinks of the word “Alaska”. The Fairbanks airport is small—only six gates—but very modern. We had no trouble finding our cruise shuttle and were soon headed across town to the Westmark hotel that Holland America uses for it’s Alaska Cruisetours. The hotel is no frills and probably could use some modernizing.

Thai House Restaurant

After getting situated in our room, we headed out to look from some dinner. We settled on the Thai House. The food was decent, but definitely not the best Thai food we have had. Hazel commented that her dish was quite oily.

After dinner, we met with our cruise concierge who will be our guide during the land portion of our excursion.

As I write this, it is after 8:30pm here in Fairbanks but the sun is still high in the sky. Very crazy. Luckily, the hotel room has blackout curtains so we should be able to get some sleep.

Our day of activities starts at 8:00am tomorrow.