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Two RV Gypsies: Full-Time RVers
(and Professional Travelers)
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| Chena Hot Springs (continued) |
| Chena Hot Springs Natural Outdoor (ages 18+) Adult Rock Lake and hot tub, an Indoor family swimming pool and hot tubs. Open daily from 7am to midnight. Want to laugh? This South Florida girl who hasn't gone to the beach at home in South Florida in years, got sunburned here in Alaska. LOL! | |
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| The Chena geothermal power plant came online in late July 2006, putting Alaska squarely on the map for new geothermal technologies. Chena Hot Springs is the lowest temperature geothermal resource to be used for commercial power production in the world. Hopefully this will be the first step toward much greater geothermal development in the state. This plant can reduce the cost of power production, even in semi-remote locations such as Chena, from 30¢ to less than 7¢ per kWh. | |
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Fresh Alaska grown tomatoes
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AURORA ICE MUSEUM &
HOTEL |
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| Chena Hot Springs Resort is home to the world’s largest year-round ice museum in the world, the Aurora Ice Museum! It was completed in January 2005 and stays a cool 20 degrees Fahrenheit inside year round. Keeping the museum icy cold in the heat of summer comes from the patented absorption chiller, the first of its kind in the world used for this purpose! Appletini Beverage served in ice glass to adults at additional charge of $15 each. | |
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| The Aurora Ice Museum gallery features amazing ice sculptures created by 13 time world champion ice carver Steve Brice and with his wife, Heather. They are also 4 time champions as a husband and wife team. Within the museum, they have created a two story observation tower with a circular staircase........ | |
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The two RV Gypsies in the
20 degree Fahrenheit ice museum - parkas provided, bring your own hat and gloves - |
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Ever-changing colored ice
crystal chandeliers which mimic the Northern Lights. There are 5 chandeliers
each with 70 hand-carved ice crystals that change colors every 10 seconds.
Fiber optic lighting is used to create this feature. All other lighting
is LED based which transmits no heat. |
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| Lee just doesn't know how to behave - or does he? |
Give Karen a martini and she is happy even in this cold place |
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Ever-changing colored
life-size jousters on horse back. Steve and Heather brice
spent 300+ man-hours and several ice blocks to create this. |
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| Ice glasses
for the appletini, & the ice bar with caribou fur covered stools.
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| The "appletini" served in an ice glass to adults who choose to pay an additional $15 per appletini. | |
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Karen and the ice bear |
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Ice bar, bear, and igloo |
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The ice altar - you can
actually get married here |
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an ice fireplace |
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| The guide says this is a singing igloo - everybody sounds good when they sing in the igloo - ha! ha! ha! | |
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This is the largest ice chess
set in the world. It's Alaskan themed,with eagles, ravens, bears, totems,
foxes and caribou as the chess pieces. |
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Bedroom 1 - a polar bear
bedroom - only $600 per night - no thanks! |
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ice outhouse |
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bedroom 2 - with caribou
fur covered stools - only $600 per night |
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bedroom #3 - Christmas
tree bedroom- only $600 per night |
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4th bedroom (gothic) |
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| The two RV Gypsies returned to Chena Hot Springs and the Ice Museum with their daughter and grandchildren. New photos of that visit are posted at spot #27a on the Alaska menu. But if you just follow the arrow below, you will eventually arrive there. | |
