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Midnight Sun to Northern
Lights, catch a glimpse at Pedro's Hide-A-Way! This Bed and
Breakfast is a private, fully furnished
log cabin available to
you and your family for that vacation to Alaska or for a romantic
weekend get away!
Felice
Pedroni (Felix Pedro) was a young man from Italy who came to Alaska
in search of his fortune. Now some say he was a drunkard, a
rather wild man, and others say he was a brilliant prospector.
Whatever the case, he had gold fever and was determined to find it.
On July
22, 1902, in a creek 12 miles north of E.T. Barnett's Trading
Post, Felix hit pay dirt and shortly after came the birth of a community
we know today as Fox. Felix staked many claims in the surrounding
area
that eventually were patented and sold to private owners.
Over 100 years later, Felix is still a common word
in the community. You can find a monument attributed to his
honor at the
base of Cleary
Summit, just a short 16 1/2 mile drive from Fairbanks. Also
tucked neatly in the woods just off Aproka Drive, we present
Pedro's Hide-A-Way. A fully furnished
log cabin, private, on 2 1/2 acres of land, available to you
and your family for your Great Alaskan Adventure.
Complete with washer and dryer, dishes, pots and pans; all
the amenities of home.
Summer or Winter, Midnight Sun or Northern Lights, this is the ultimate
place to be. A five minute walk from free gold panning,
minutes from Mt. Aurora for some downhill skiing and a short
drive to Chena Hot Springs for a relaxing soak in one of the
many hot tubs! What ever your pleasure, you are not far from
it!
For the family, we have a playground built in the yard for those days
you just want to "hang out!" Complete with monkey bars, places
to climb, slide or swing. Or just lay in the pea gravel
and watch the clouds! We have garden boxes surrounding the
play area. During the summer we plant fresh salad greens,
sugar snaps, carrots and berries that you may help yourself
to, that is, if a moose
doesn't find it first!
In the cabin, there is one king size bed, one queen
size bed, and also one twin matteress in the open loft
which we do not recommend for very young children or
impaired adults.
We also leave you a variety of cereal and juices, oatmeal,
fresh fruit, milk, coffee, and teas. There is shampoo,
crème rinse and body wash in the shower. The
only thing missing is you and your suitcases! Give us
a try, you will be glad you did!
The Northern Lights Dance for me
as I sink into the arctic spa. The warmth surrounds
me like a
baby in the arms of Mother Nature. The sky fills my
vision with stars and colored lights. The silhouette
of a tree sits softly on the horizon. A twig snaps as
a mother moose finds her way to the patch of dried willow
buds. Fox, wolves and lynx let me know of their illusive
presence by the paw prints in the fresh fallen snow.
I listen and hear the sound of a grouse drumming.
Hail spring and summer of light,
where the sun will never go down. With stars asleep,
sunshine
fills the sky in the land of the midnight sun. The smell
of the flower’s and lavender herbs now
fill the morning air. I breathe in the sunshine and
hope the wild berries don't draw in a bear. |
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