Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Road Trip 2010: Day 41:
Denali to Fairbanks (redoux) (Part 2)

Okay. So we made it to our campground (River View RV Park, North Pole) and got ourselves washed up for dinner and Santa Land.

We were slightly disappointed that a place with the promising name of "Elf's Den" located in North Pole didn't do a bit more to promote the theme. A little work on the interior decor perhaps; maybe a couple of waitresses in elf costumes; something along those lines. Still, the meals were quite good. After days of fish, most of us chose to go with either Italian (manicotti and fettuccine were available) or good old red meat (rib eye and New York strip steaks). Even so, a few die-hards selected the fried Halibut and they were not disappointed.

After dinner we hopped on the bus again and went across the highway to Santa Clause House. Santa was in residence and gladly shared time and talk with all his visitors young and old alike. We spent time browsing the shop and talking with Santa. Outside we took photos of the brightly colored (and black & white) tiled walls as well as the reindeer.



Yoda and the Musk Ox meet Santa















1 comment:

Rev. Paul said...

I see you managed to shoot around the handicap parking signs which were so conveniently located square in the middle of the murals.

I was just trying to decide whether to put up the same pictures, but you beat me to it.