It’s hard to believe July is nearly behind us! The summer stretched out past the horizon during time spent at the roadhouse in May and June. Yet suddenly we are a month past solstice and even though the midnight sun still lights up most the night, the season is shifting quickly. On Monday, Fairbanks experienced
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What a winter! This year’s solstice season has full of superlatives – The coldest December since 1980 and 2nd longest stretch of sub-zero temperatures since 1904 – the year the first Roadhouse was constructed at the mouth of the Tolovana River! Between long stretches of deep cold, we received several heavy snowfall events, unusual for
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A heartfelt thanks to everyone who reached out with contacts. After following up on several great leads, some important pieces are (finally!) falling into place. A potential 501(c)(3) sponsor has been identified with a partnership proposal now in the works, and plans are afoot for a bank revetment project in the spring. The hope is
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After a mild break-up and relatively low water this summer, I was feeling confident about the state of the river bank and the timeline I had laid out for moving the roadhouse out of danger. On a work-trip towards the end of August, we had only lost a few feet of bank in front of
