When you go to Fairbanks, you have to stop in North Pole at The Santa Clause House. You can buy a letter from Santa there or have them send one stamped North Pole. So many ornaments and cool little gifts. Of course, we bought something and then went to the North Pole Post Office and mailed them First Class from Santa. A fun morning with one of the biggest Santa's I've seen. Not sure if the fence is to keep people out, or keep him in.
They even have Santa's reindeer there at the Antler Academy. I didn't see Rudolph, though.
The afternoon was a little more local to Fairbanks. We visited Pioneer Park, 44 acres of exhibits and shops that celebrate the history of Fairbanks. They have saved many of the original buildings from around Fairbanks and also have a great little aviation museum. There are two steel crosses that were meant to be placed in Barrow at the site of the plane crash that killed Wiley Post and Will Rogers. The crosses were deemed to heavy to be flown to Barrow so they stayed in Fairbanks. Later they were lost in a flood for years, then found and donated to this small museum.
There is much to see. You can even hang out in an old Huey or watch a movie while sitting in old ejection seat. We never miss out on an aviation museum.
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#pioneerairmuseum
Off to check out the pipeline...
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