Pioneer Park

Most of our time in Fairbanks – only a few days – was spent catching up on work and laundry. We did get out for only a single day out on the town, most of which entailed the drive up to Chena Hot Springs and the Ice Museum. Later that same evening we rolled across town to Pioneer Park, a free historical theme park of the greater Alaska area. Normally city run parks are not very exciting places to visit, but Pioneer Park is the exception to that rule.

We walked among the original buildings of “Gold Rush Town”, moved to within the park,  now used as store-fronts from local vendors. Then toured the SS Nenena, and old steam powered paddle boat, which housed an enormous miniature showcase of historical representations of local towns and villages… which as it turns out, I actually get a kick photographing.