Eastward Ho

The North Pole was charming, but it was time to move on after our visit with Santa. Finding places to stow our increasing amount of goodies was interesting, but we eventually got everything tucked away and we headed out of town.

The weather was beautiful, so we stopped to check out a park off the highway

It turned out to be a place listed on the Nation Register of Historic Places- cool!

Rika's Roadhouse- constructed in 1909

We did a quick tour of the interior and moved on to the rest of the grounds

There were goats and chickens on-site (cared for by the local community)

This lil' guy was too cute! 

An old wagon inside the barn 

Saddles 

Refreshed from our quick detour, Vince and I drove on toward Delta Junction. We were off to our friend Vern's house to do some catching up and pre-planning for hunting season ;)

Almost there!

We made it to Vern's, unpacked the car, and offered to take

him to dinner before taking care of business...



 

Local Thai stop

Now that we'd had some time to talk (and pacify our growling tummies), the 3 of us headed to the local shooting range to fine-tune our scopes :D

Vince dialing in the cannon ;)

Vern showing us how it's done- impressive!!!

It had been a busy day for all of us, so we headed back to Vern's to relax and make plans for the next day. Checking out a moose-hunting spot was on the agenda, so we set our gear out for the morning and tucked in early... to be continued :)