We left our beautiful site on the Gerstle River and drove to North Pole, Alaska. We tried to eat at the Elf's Den next to the information center but it wasn't open yet. The Elf'S Den was on Diner, Dive-ins and Dives on the Food Network. We went to the Santa Claus House and sat on Santa's lap. After leaving Noth Pole we drove to Fairbanks. We got a boondocking site at Pioneer Park in the parking lot. This site is nothing like last nigh on the Gerstle River. This site cost $12.00. Jim and I went to Silver Gulch Brewing, "America's most northern brewery". This was also on Dines, Dive-ins and Dives. Jim has the Stout BBQ Burger and I had a great bowl of Porter Cheese Soup with Reindeer Sausage and a warm pretzle. We stopped by the Alyeska Pipeline which runs right along the Steese Expressway. The Trans-Alaska Pipeline is a 48 inch pipe, 789 miles long, crosses 3 mountain ranges and 70 rivers or streams. It has 12 pumping stations and took 3 years of construction. It runs between Prudhoe Bay in the North Slope and Valdez, the northernmost ice free port in America. One local told us of the Fox Spring and we went there and got some fresh, cold, spring water. He even left us a brewery glass to use. He was on the construction team of the brewery.
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