Live in Fairbanks in the 70s and we had a "picnic"every winter. We'd put on our snowmachine suits and bunny boots, paint a volley ball day-glo orange, grill burgers and make a day of it. Nothing more fun than chasing a ball through knee high snow in bunny boots! BTW went back for a visit years later. Stopped in North Pole to get "Made in Nortg Pole" ornaments. Joke was on me. They were made at a Chicago factory less than a mile from where I lived!

It’s such a great time of year!!

I keep seeing these Alaska videos. I’ve got to go this year

I’m going to do these for sure.

I've lived in Fairbanks since 1978. Great take on Arctic man. I actually didn't know that much about the event myself. I've worked on prints in my business for the event though. Alaska is for the young. I'm 62 myself and the best thing for me to do come January 1st is buy a plane ticket. One thing this video doesn't show is just how miserable Fairbanks is in January and February. I now get out of the state for about 90 days. The town gets pretty vacant come January. If you still wanna get on some winter time activities I would suggest waiting until late March though. You can still get great views of the Aurora and it's warm enough at that point that you're not going to freeze your ass off outside. Come Memorial Day the town gets pretty crowded.

Wow great video ! One of the things I did when I was there. Was a river boat ride. To a place where a woman named Susan Butcher lived with all her dogs. She was the first woman to win the Iditarod. You could ride on a quad pulled by her dogs. Lots of fun. Her garden was amazing, she had cabbage that wouldn't fit in a wheelbarrow. Thanks for sharing, hope you have a dandy weekend.

We will be in Fairbanks in a couple of weeks, and your video is very helpful. Thank you!

Our family just arrived here from NC and are very much looking forward to the next 4 years. We have a 22’ Ram 3500 HO/Aisin w/ DRW which is what brought me to your channel. We towed our household goods from NC and are looking for better fuel mileage but like you, aren’t ready to delete it yet either. Hope to see you around base one of these days, thanks for the content!

Eww I was stationed there for a while at Fort Wainwright. The Turtle Club and The Pump house were the good places to eat. I’m from Texas as well, San Antonio.

Where would you say is the best spot in or near Fairbanks to see the Northern Lights in October

Hi, there was a partial collapse of castner cave recently...do you know if its still okay to go?

Hello, Did you pass immigration to get to Alaska? If I'm flying from New Mexico to Alaska Do I need a passport?