A chilly half day in Chatanika

On Sunday, MP and I drove up to Chatanika. The roads were open and clean, even going over Cleary Summit. Here are some photos of the Fairbanks Exploration Company Dredge #3. Built in 1927-1928, and operational from 1928 to 1958, she was one of the two largest dredges operated in the Fairbanks Mining District. Apparently, these things really got around; all over the local area, you can see scars in the hills and piles of gravel and tailings ponds left in their wakes.























A tailings pond. It makes me feel melancholy.


The inimitable Chatanika Lodge:


Oh oh! And I finally found half-priced chocolate bunnies! At Safeway! They reminded me vaguely of my Autumn and Linden salt and pepper shakers:

Happy Half-Priced Chocolate Bunny week, everyone!