#302 Nomad Diary. 1-7 August 2026. Week 13 Our Alaska Summer. Fairbanks to Gakona. 3 Night Cabin Stay in Gakona, Alaska. Fresh Salmon Gift. Drive to Valdez for 6 Night Stay.
Fairbanks, Alaska at the Walking Trail at the Old Dairy Wildlife Refuge Tanana Farmer's Market at the Kettle Corn Corner Our Farmer's Market Rhubarb Getting Washed Some of My Alaska Purchases Today. The Honey berries or Haskap are Going Into a Rhubarb Fruit Compote Rhubarb and Haskap Berries Boiling Down These Silky Flowers at the Botanic Garden in Fairbanks Remind Me of Dr. Seuss Drawings Saturday. 1. Rhubarb is grown locally in almost every Alaskan yard. We’ve seen it at the farmers market. We wanted some a couple days ago, but it wasn’t at the regular grocery where we were shopping. So today we bought a pound at the Tanana Farmers market along with a pint of Honeyberries, called Haskap berries in British Columbia. By early afternoon we had boiled down the rhubarb and berries, stirred in some mediocre strawberry jam and made an amazing thick fruit mixture. It is no longer mediocre, but super delicious and quite incredible; lightly sweet and slightly tart! We’ll definitely ...