Delta Junction, AK

En-route from the North Pole to Delta Junction, the official end of the Alaskan Highway, I stopped off to visit a couple interesting places.

The first stop was the Knotty Shop in Salcha, AK where everything is made from wood with burls in it.

Animals crafted and displayed in the front yard.

You can even get your attitude ajusted while here ;)

Or, tame your husband or wife ;)

And get a really beautiful walking stick to go.

A very unique and fun place to visit and the smiles were free :)

The next stop was Rika's Roadhouse, a 10 acre historical park located on the Tenana River. A great place to stretch your legs and take yourself back in time.

Rika was an amazingly hardy woman. She not only ran a roadhouse for miners and trappers enroute north, but she raised all the livestock and did all the gardening to boot! She ran it year round through the brutal winters.

Some of the buildings still stand today.

The roadhouse, where you could get a good meal and bed for the night.

The barn where she tended her livestock.

She carried all her water from a spring, until one of the gentleman passing through built her this windmill.

One of the sod roofed outbuildings. Sod was placed on roofs for better insulation during the fridgid winters.

Lastly, I arrived in Delta Junction having come full circle! The end of the Alaska Highway.

I stopped in the Visitor's Center to get my certificate for completing the trials and tribulations of the Alaska Highway :)

It's an awesome state to visit in the summer, but sure wouldn't want to be here in the winter! Check out how cold it can get here!