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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
>>
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> Jake
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