Flooded Train Track
Trip Start
Jul 25, 2008
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Trip End
Aug 10, 2008
Where I stayed
Fairbanks, Alaska
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Holland America's plans to have us take the train to Fairbanks at 4 p.m. were changed, too! The river (I don't remember which one) is 15 feet above normal and has flooded the railroad tracks. In fact, it is just one foot below the big flood of 1967 that happened in Fairbanks! So, we were all loaded onto buses. This has been costly for HA because everyone was given a $30 rebate voucher, and everyone promptly spent it in the HA hotel restaurant we are staying at tonight :-)
So, today has been kind of an off day. Hopefully, tomorrow will be better because there are lots of plans, but they are not so dependent on the weather.
Comments
Doesn't it feel great to be right!
Once again, you made the right choice to be lazy, while everyone else was regretting not getting to do their activity of choice. Too bad about the high river but I guess that is the price of traveling. Nothing is ever for sure.
Nelda