June 21 is the longest daylight hour day. Up here it’s about 22+ hours. It’s really light out 24 hours. Sorta like a overcast day during the so called night hours.
Carol & I drove up to Nenana Valley for breakfast at Roughwoods Inn & Cafe. Talk about home cooking this is it. The owner Ruth, cooks the meals on her old stove that is in part of the actual eatery. You can watch if you so desire. It’s just her doing the cooking and serving. Nice lady and a busy one. 
Then we went to the Welcome Center. The lady there helped build the center 40 years ago. 
She was full of information especially about the Ice Break up on the river that happens every year. This is the place where it happens/measured and all that. It’s where they bet world wide when it happens. This year they had 32 winners that guessed the day and exact time when the ice break up would occur. They had 32 winners. They divided up over $330,000. Yes we entered for 2015 at $2.50 a pop.
Keeping track of the entries is computerized and here are some books from years past.
One of the old set ups they used in the ice until 1972.
Pictures of the area….
We stayed up until about midnight…no big deal…
See ya.
