Nome, Alaska… Hard to believe, but they do not have any single road to to other Alascan or Canadian communities. In the winter all supply comes by air. In the short June-September summer ships are coming, bringing the fuel and construction material…
I visited local museum – the best little-town museum I saw in my life. It is free and you can see there the stuff from the gold rush era (including golden nuggets), the life of natives, Amudsen polar expeditions (they terminated in Nome).
Nome is also famous for Iditarod – March’ 1700 kms long sled dogs race coming here from Anchorage… I saw many dog kennels in the outskirts on the town. Dogs were so bored…
In the seepy town I found nine different saloons and bars – most of them remembering gold rush time.
There are 3 local roads going out of the town. One of them go to Solomon where the graveyard of old narrow-gauge locomotion is located. But sorry, this road is still blocked by snow. I will take a walk to the nearest gold-dredge. There is many of them left around Nome…
