We arrived in Fairbanks Sunday evening June 22, 2003 from Denali via the Midnight Sun Express. We stayed overnight at the Fairbanks Princess Riverside Lodge situated on the banks of the Chena River.

Early Monday morning, we got up and were ferried by bus to the Riverboat Discovery where we boarded and departed on a tour of the Chena River.

Below are photos from our stay in Fairbanks:

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Lisa on the banks of the Chena River outside the Fairbanks Princess Lodge

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Steamboat Landing

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The Riverboat Discovery III

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The drydock for the Discovery Riverboat made out of leftover
pipe from the Alaskan Oil Pipeline

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A float plane

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A house on the Chena River

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Susan Butcher- four time Iditarod Champion...

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Susan Butcher's Kennel

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A Reindeer...

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A bush pilot making a VERY short field takeoff...

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Lisa standing next to fur pelts in the Chena Indian Village

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Matt and Lisa standing next to a grizzly bear skin...

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One of Susan Butcher's sled dogs (wearing a bootie)

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