

| Subject: | Re: Skinny Dick's Halfway Inn |
| From: | Robert Fisher |
| Date: | Thu, 9 Dec 2010 09:10:28 -0800 |
Hey Jake, are you the moderator of the Vanagon list on your planet? On Dec 9, 2010 8:50 AM, "Jake de Villiers" <crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com> wrote: > 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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