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#299 Nomad Diary. 11-17 July 2026. Week #10 Summer in Alaska. Fairbanks Airbnb/Cabin. Darrell's Sister and Daughter Coming for 6 Nights. Back to Denali National Park.

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  Grandson Quinn in Moscow on Our Video Call Darrell Saving a Family of Ducks Crossing the Road in Fairbanks Hiking Path Near Fairbanks University Saturday. 11. We were both awake before 5am, but kept trying to go back to sleep. We were both commenting on how our stomachs were not feeling great, and maybe it was because of the garbanzo bean cookies we had eaten. We ultimately got up, exercised and were eating breakfast by 6am. Once we were finished, I sent a text to Jeremy and Andrea that we could take a call now. It was 5:30 pm in Moscow. Jeremy and Quinn called on Whatsapp within a few minutes. We talked and visited for about 20 minutes. Quinn was talkative as he told us about Russia and how big it is. He told us about their purple berry flavored M&M’s, him learning to ride a bike without training wheels, his Mom going to London for a doctor appointment and meeting up with his Auntie, and then about their family going to St. Petersburg next weekend. He said he was very excit...
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#298 Nomad Diary. 4-10 July 2026. Week #9 in Alaska. Week 2 of 5 in Fairbanks Airbnb. The 4th Celebration. New Friends.

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  The Fairbanks 4th of July Celebration at Pioneer Park, that The Locals Prefer to Call by the Longheld Name of Alaskaland. Master of Ceremonies is Dressed as President Herbert Hoover. The Presidential Train Car is a Museum to the Right. 1923 Presidential Train Car for Herbert Hoover's Visit to Alaska Chantal, Artist, Mother, Preacher's Wife from Australia. Here in Her Shop in Pioneer Park. We Met Her Parents, Dad Chris is a Preacher in New Plymouth, New Zealand and Spent a Month With Them There. This Cute and Sweet Girl is Esther. She Made This Funny Face and I Happen to Catch It.  A Sunday Afternoon Trail in Fairbanks. Yes, There are Mosquitos to Defend From! Looking From Our Second Story Room to Our Car in Fairbanks Cabin Bird Sanctuary at Dairy Museum Farm. Saturday. 4. Met up with the Halbrook family from church, at noon at Pioneer Park for the Independence Day celebrations. We walked around and looked at some of the historical displays. Esther, their daughter, took us to...
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#297 Nomad Diary. 27 June- 3 July 2026. Week 8 in Alaska. Arrive Fairbanks Airbnb. Check Out of Our Camper near Healy. Week 1 of 5 in Fairbanks.

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  A Hike in DNP Flowers in Denali Denali Bloom Denali Flowers Saturday. 27. We had a cool, but not cold night in the camper with no auxillary heating needed. We slept until about 7am and got up from the warm bed easily into the fairly warm camper. It had started raining, and we both have a raincoat handy to go in and out to the outhouse. We had dressed and finished breakfast by 8am. We are into a bit of a routine that’s working for us. It’s about the same time to do all this in a regular living place where we have our organization in place. The big difference is that Darrell has been cooking pancakes more often since we don’t have a microwave for reheating leftovers. We have had a portion of cooked pancakes left so after two days of cooking, we had enough left over pancakes to reheat them in a skillet one at a time for our big breakfast meal. We’ve spent a lot of time reading here. I started reading another book left in the camper by our host. It’s called: Alaska Women Write. It’s ...
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