I'll be in Fairbanks the evening of September 22, was wondering what there is to do (if anything)? I stayed there in 2011 but got in very late and left pretty early so I didn't spend any time there.

Greg

Like everyone else in town....DRINK!!! :-)

Drink than have a local take you out to go moose tipping. Like cows, only better.

Tip the bulls, cows can get ornery..

there is a couple pretty good eatin places. and if you can visualize the plae 30 years ago = well

drink is the only thing...even the good gun stores are gone;.

How much time do you have? You could go fishing, the Silvers will be in that time of the year. Even though they've travelled a long ways to get there, they are a lot of fun on a fly rod.
You'd have to go out of town a little ways to find a stream that has a run.

Hit the "Turtle Club" ....probably the best Prime rib in town. Or you can go to the Chena Pump House for dinner, good food and great Alaska atmosphere, and a really nice bar room.

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Originally posted by AKsheephunter:
Hit the "Turtle Club" ....probably the best Prime rib in town. Or you can go to the Chena Pump House for dinner, good food and great Alaska atmosphere, and a really nice bar room.

Appreciate it, I think I'll do that!

Alaska Hunter - I've only got about 18 hours in town, most of which is overnight. I'd love to go fishing, just won't have enough daylight to do it.

THe turtle club is a real good place to eat.

Ruthie's rentals ?



Just kidding --- but depending on how much time you have the museum at UAF is always a nice stop and if you have more time a drive out to Chena Hot Springs is another nice place for a layover

What Phil said - The UAF museum, that is. Also, the Turtle Club. Personally, we avoid the Pump House.

C'mon, Phil, I didn't know Ruthie's was still around. Know sumpin I don't?
Bear in Fairbanks

If in town Pump house nice atmosphere food is OK I love their oyster shooters and seafood chowder, the Turtle Club has a nice atmosphere and food is OK (specialty is prime rib). Local watering hole I like for a 'chilly one' which is family owned and operated is Oasis bar & grill on University Dr, good folk there. Chena hot springs is a nice 60 mile drive and great scenery on the way food is pricey for what you get but you expect that at resort. I just did some predator hunting out that way yesterday what a beautiful day I was about 20 miles from resort, NO PEOPLE seen all day .

You could always grab a cab and take a drive out to Skinny Dicks Halfway Inn. And get the t-shirt to prove it...

Gregg - Just saw this post. Well, did you find anything interesting? How about a report?

Larry Sellers
SCI Life Member

Hey Greg, call Ikniqpalagaq @ (907) 206-5897, she will hook you up, you can thank me later....

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Originally posted by Larry Sellers:
Gregg - Just saw this post. Well, did you find anything interesting? How about a report?

Larry Sellers
SCI Life Member

Not yet Larry, don't go up there until September

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Originally posted by 505 gibbs:
Hey Greg, call Ikniqpalagaq @ (907) 206-5897, she will hook you up, you can thank me later....

Brad, something tells me I shouldn't call this, uh, woman?

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Originally posted by 505 gibbs:
Hey Greg, call Ikniqpalagaq @ (907) 206-5897, she will hook you up, you can thank me later....

Note that 505 posted this under some THING to do..............

Greg go to Skinny Dicks Half Way In bar. It's a fun place to drink and pick up a few souveniers. I stopped there on my drive from Fairbanks to Anchorage and its on the main road out of town.

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Originally posted by larryshores:

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Originally posted by 505 gibbs:
Hey Greg, call Ikniqpalagaq @ (907) 206-5897, she will hook you up, you can thank me later....

Note that 505 posted this under some THING to do..............

Haha! Yikes, and noted.

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Originally posted by twilli:
Greg go to Skinny Dicks Half Way In bar. It's a fun place to drink and pick up a few souveniers. I stopped there on my drive from Fairbanks to Anchorage and its on the main road out of town.

Will do Tom!

Gregg - My bad, it's been a long Winter here in New Mexico and it has affected my reading comprehension. I'll just check in later for the report.

Have a great trip and hunt. Later.

Larry Sellers
SCI Life Member

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Originally posted by Greg Brownlee:

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Originally posted by Larry Sellers:
Gregg - Just saw this post. Well, did you find anything interesting? How about a report?

Larry Sellers
SCI Life Member

Not yet Larry, don't go up there until September

I stopped in at Skinny dicks last year in early summer and that place wasn't even open yet, and place was boarded up. There was a guy living in an RV their and he said the boiler was out and potable water was low. I would see if you can call them before headed out that way, it is a ways out from Fairbanks. I would stick with Turtle Club.

Well the place not to miss if you are hungry
Outdoor eating and all you can eat Salmon, cod, prime rib
The Salmon Bake
http://www.akvisit.com/index.html
Great place closes mid Sept.
Hit the link check it out.
Larry

Thanks guys, lots of good suggestions here.

Greg

Reflections on Cushman Street
The food is lousy but the scenery and "customer attention"
Is the best in town

Here is the one place you DON'T want to visit:

Fairbanks Correctional Center

If you are there anytime the next day, the Alaska Raw Fur Co. has the best prices on furs and fur crafts I've found anywhere except a for little convienence store in Chickaloon.