In anticipation for the upcoming birthing day, Gramma Mini decided to show up for a visit! Mommy was excited because it is a gorgeous time of year and we would be able to be outside, and she could see the area without it being -30 degrees. Amelia was just excited to have another person around to adore her. She's not real picky that way.
As tourist season was coming to an end, we decided to visit a couple of places before they closed for the season. Of course one has to go to Pioneer Park! Mila likes going because they have a playground, and once she got an ice cream cone. She remembers the ice cream cone. In addition, houses that were once scattered around the valley have been brought in and replica streets made to create Gold Rush Town. One can get a good idea of how Fairbanksans once lived, and it's pretty cool. Many of the houses now have touristy things one can buy, so shopping is involved too!
Gramma Mini just had to try mushing before it got too cold.
We went through the old museum, and there are some really neat things in there!
A replica of the sternhouse from the S.S. Lavelle Young that got stuck in the mud, and as nobody could leave, they built a city!
But the best was still to come. We hit this park a couple of days after school began, and there was nary another child to be seen. A park without children is a pitiful site. Luckily Mila had Gramma Mini.
Gramma Mini being told how to correctly bounce up and down so that Amelia could 'ride the waves!'
One of the prizes of the library summer reading program was a free ride on the Crooked Creek Railroad. We figured we should do this quickly, as summer was running out!
Mila kept jumping up saying 'I'm so excited! I'm just so excited!".
And here they go!
After the ride we sat for a little lunch.
Lunch = Mommy/daughter chatting and eating while granddaughter played and ate nothing. Works for me!
We then 'hiked' it over the mining valley, where Amelia suddenly became famished. Ask her how popular she became with the ducks as she carried around her little sandwich . . . .
Can you imagine hauling this stuff up here when transportation was so spotty?
To top of the day, Amelia rode a replica of the wild salmon that the sourdoughs used as transportation. Ha ha, just kidding.
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