

| 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 > -- Jake 1984 Vanagon GL 1.9 WBX - 'The Grey Van' 1986 Westy Weekender/2.5 SOHC Subie - 'Dixie' Crescent Beach, BC www.thebassspa.com www.crescentbeachguitar.com http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27
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