North to Fairbanks

Fairbanks is only a couple of hours north of Denali on the Parks hwy. Just past the Denali town there are some beautiful views but no place to pull over to the side of the road and take pictures. We drove past Savage Road in Healy, before Beeray noticed it. I had to make a U-turn which with RiVa on a narrow road is the 3 or 4 point turn. Luckily there was little traffic on the road. We drove up Savage Road until we reached the pavement's end. Beeray took pictures of the sign for Savage Road, the end of the road and various scenery around the road and creek so that she will be able to show it to her classmates when they discuss their summer reading project, Into the Wild.

Now we are in Fairbanks at a pretty campsite. RiVa got an oil change, vacuumed, windows cleaned and all her other fluids checked. The Fairbanks Jiffy Lube does service right.

The girls went to a craft store to get supplies for my birthday (they are taking the whole thing very seriously). Now they are demanding that I go to sleep so they can put together their surprise for me. Their plan is to lock me into the back of RiVa until morning.