This was another do nothing day, really. We went to the visitors center and asked what we need to see, while we are here. Every place they mentioned we had already been to, so then they mentioned the Fair. There was the American Bald Eagle Foundation we hadn’t been to yet and they were having the bald eagle feeding at 10:30am. We got there 10 minutes early so had time to look around, very nice collection of the wild animals. Then we went to the eagle feeding, it’s an eagle they have there that has an injured wing and can’t fly anymore. It was given to them from Fairbanks and they do a feeding twice a day and give you information on bald eagles. We were surprised to find out the reason they are called Bald Eagles, since they have feathers. They were named by the Early Americans and it was originally the “Balde Eagle” which “Balde” meant “White”. The “e” got dropped at some point. Bald Eagle means “White Headed Eagle”.
After that we drove around to the only 2 hair cutting places, 1 was booked until next week, the other wanted $30 for a hair cut, so I guess we will wait. Back to the RV to kick back, play on the computer then take naps. The owner of the RV park came by and said they were going to have another crab feed tonight so we said “yes” we would join.
We walked into town to look at the gift shops and do a little grocery shopping. Dave got his Alaska hat, and I guess I waited too long because now I can’t find my Alaska magnet that has the Alaska shape with the names of a bunch of cities. You snooze you lose, should have gotten it when I saw it last. At first didn’t want one that had all the names but since I haven’t gotten a magnet from every town we have stopped at now I wanted one. Oh well.
While walking back to the RV we stopped at a place to get an ice cream waffle cone. Honest to goodness I have eaten more ice cream since being in Alaska then I have eaten in the last 5 years. Believe me I think I have had ice cream maybe, at the most 4 times but that is a lot more then what I eat at home. The girl that worked at the store and sold us the ice cream was going to start college in Fairbanks in the next month and was going to become a nurse, we had a nice chat with her while eating our ice cream.
The crab feed was really good again, not as many people that we had the last time because a lot of them came in late, while we were eating but still had enough food. Crab dinner for $6.00 a piece, can’t beat that.
Bald Eagle finally came back but no bears today. Tomorrow a geo cacheing day and more touring, Saturday is Fair day. Weather great all day, 1st time we haven’t seen 1 cloud in the sky.
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