{"id":1889,"date":"2013-06-03T07:16:46","date_gmt":"2013-06-03T07:16:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perrellas.com\/?p=1889"},"modified":"2014-01-26T23:52:46","modified_gmt":"2014-01-26T23:52:46","slug":"may-31-through-june-2-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/perrellas.com\/?p=1889","title":{"rendered":"May 31 through June 2, 2013 Alaskan Pipeline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Work and nothing else today. Day ended with me slowly dragging my aching back and swollen foot back to the RV to collapse into a chair, ice everything and get ready for an early bed time\u2026work again in the morning. Ah yes, retirement and traveling around the country sounded sooooo exciting when it was in the planning stage. Reality, well it just isn\u2019t quite as appealing.<\/p>\n<p>Early rise, work, then drove around to find a doggy care center for KatieBug for our trip to Denali when John returns.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/perrellas.com\/?attachment_id=1896\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1896\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Turtle Club\" src=\"http:\/\/perrellas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/The-Turtle-Club-150x112.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dinner at a strange little place called the Turtle Club in Fox, just 20 minutes out of Fairbanks. It is rated number one in the Fairbanks area for prime rib in TripAdvisor but if this beef were served in Texas, there would be many more vegetarians. So much flavor enhancer was used that it lost the beef flavor and I almost asked, \u201cwhere\u2019s the beef?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The d\u00e9cor was turtles, more turtles, turtle shells, plastic flowers sticking out of lighted Christmas greenery as a ceiling trim, vinyl tablecloths, stackable banquet chairs and old patched together carpet. Eclectic is the nicest description I can give it and still remain truthful.<\/p>\n<p>My boss recommends this place to customers, claiming it is the nicest place in the Fairbanks area to eat. She was really dismayed that John and I were not impressed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/perrellas.com\/?attachment_id=1895\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1895\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Alaskan Pipeline\" src=\"http:\/\/perrellas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Alaskan-Pipeline-150x112.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/perrellas.com\/?attachment_id=1893\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1893\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Original pig used on the pipeline\" src=\"http:\/\/perrellas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Original-pig-used-on-the-pipeline-112x150.jpg\" width=\"112\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/perrellas.com\/?attachment_id=1894\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1894\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Newer Polly Pig\" src=\"http:\/\/perrellas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Newer-Polly-Pig-150x112.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stopped at the Alaskan Pipeline information and viewing area. Very interesting and an amazing structure. Saw one of the old pigs that was sent down the inside of the pipeline to remove the wax buildup. The poly pig next to it was interesting because I used to order them for the Peruvian Oil Company as a purchasing agent but never actually saw a real one until now, 40 years later. Not on my bucket list but really cool just the same.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/perrellas.com\/?attachment_id=1892\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1892\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"John by the pipeline brace\" src=\"http:\/\/perrellas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/John-by-the-pipeline-brace-112x150.jpg\" width=\"112\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Got a picture of John by one of the structures that support the pipe so the freezing winters don&#8217;t disrupt the integrity of the pipe.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Work and nothing else today. Day ended with me slowly dragging my aching back and swollen foot back to the RV to collapse into a chair, ice everything and get ready for an early bed time\u2026work again in the morning. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/perrellas.com\/?p=1889\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lilypad"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/perrellas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/perrellas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/perrellas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/perrellas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/perrellas.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1889"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/perrellas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3124,"href":"http:\/\/perrellas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1889\/revisions\/3124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/perrellas.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/perrellas.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/perrellas.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}