New letter from Mr Chuckles

Hi Everybody.

Just a note this year to talk about the past year 2015. 

Lora and I took another cruise-land tour to Alaska, they drop you off at Whittier and you end up at Fairbanks. We Left from Vancouver June 1^st which by the way is Lora’s Birthday; They gave her the whole enchilada, Champaign, balloons and a sign that said Happy birthday from your friends at Princess cruises on our cabin door.

This was the Sign!!

We stayed in 4 resorts 2 nights in each which were all very nice but for us older folks a bit tiring. The Denali park tour in an old beat up bus (which reminded me of the bus you take from Yuma with the tail hanging out of the back and horns in the front on a crab buying trip in Mexico with ample margaritas to drink.) Back to Denali Park you see Elk, goats an if you’re lucky a moose or two. Beautiful snowcapped mountains and rivers and streams and all that good stuff! That was a rough riding means of transportation. My behind felt like I’D been on a horse. Luckily they stopped on occasion to let the passengers take pic’s.

We stayed at the Princess resort in Fairbanks which was also very nice. We took a tour which included a ride on a full size Paddle wheeler on the river nearby, and took us to a train which ended up at gold mine with the Alaska pipe line running through the grounds.

They gave us a very nice free lunch and later gave us a lesson on how too pan for gold. After the lesson they put some sand and gravel in to the pan set us down in front of a big trough of water we got started panning. After about 15 minutes I had $36 worth and Lora had $12. It’s no wonder why people take it up for a hobby.  

My Grandson bought a vacation trailer and pulled up to Florence from Rancho Cordova. It proved to be too small for the Family. So he bought another one which had bunk beds in the back for the girls but it leaked so he took it back and bought another one which is really nice which he left here in an RV park near the beach..

They’ll be up to Florence around Christmas time. I hope all goes well this this time.

My daughter Sheila and her boyfriend like Florence so much may move up here from Rough and Ready, CA.

My daughter Carrie is now a National park ranger. So far she has been in CO, NM, and NY and is now starting a tour of duty at the Congaree Nat. Park in SC.

Well that’s about it for now, with luck and my pills I’ll be writing to you again at this time next year.                 

Merry Christmas to you all!!

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