I have a good friend working at Chena Hot Springs, 60 miles from Fairbanks ... I daydream daily, about driving up for a look-see ... growing up in Chicago area, and living 3 years in Montana, has me 'partially' acclimated ... my 'hermit' personality demands a change, too damned many Bay Area transplants here in my formerly almost-unspoiled mountains of NoCal ... the friggin' tweekers have taken over this area, (hopefully, the Alaskans haven't discovered meth yet, or tweekers can't handle the cold) ... :smokin: