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Subject:Re: Skinny Dick's Halfway Inn
From:Jake de Villiers
Date:Thu, 9 Dec 2010 08:36:17 -0800

Hey John, is it Friday already where you live ?

On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 1:13 AM, John Rodgers <inua@charter.net> wrote:

>  Tonight I was looking at old pics, travel logs, etc, reminiscing about
> my living and traveling in Alaska over the years - thinking about such
> exotic watering holes as Mr. Whitekeys Club in Anchorage, the Red Dog
> Saloon in Juneau, Malemute Saloon near Fairbanks, Eadies at Kenai, The
> Blue Goose out Bethel way, the Salty Dawg Saloon on the spit at Homer,
> and the Bird House Bar near Indian out Turnagain Arm, Sourdough Creek
> Lodge up near Glenallen - just to name a few. Many of these are gone
> now, and just fading memories, but the most famous (infamous?)of all I
> remember was Skinny Dick's Halfway Inn about halfway  between Nenana and
> Fairbanks on the Parks Highway. Last I heard, Skinny sold it some 5-6
> years ago, and had since died, but rumors persist, and on the internet
> there is a lot about the place, some of it even saying Skinny is still
> living and that the Inn still exists. Hard to tell  from the internet
> just what the truth is.  I'm just wondering if any of you Alaska types
> today know what the status of the old inn actually is.
>
> John
>
> --
> John Rodgers
> Clayartist and Moldmaker
> 88'GL VW Bus Driver
> Chelsea, AL
> Http://www.moldhaus.com
>

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Jake

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