Happy Alaska vacation, everyone.
It was common to see women shoppers in any store dressed in outdoor garb, boots, etc. and a fur coat or parka, with a necklace strung with gold nuggets!
A man one day went to purchase a new car, and used gold nuggets to pay for it.
One bizarre story, though, was a time when my husband and friends went down by Tok, Alaska to hunt moose and caribou.
They were way out in the boonies, when along came a truck with a man and woman dressed to the hilt in evening finery and fur coats.
Talking with them, they'd been to Fairbanks for dinner and the opera, and were headed "home" - their mine much farther out!
To get there, they hopped aboard a huge bulldozer, still dressed to the nines, and headed out - - !!
Good morning, Lady.
Love your Alaska stories. I'm happy to hear the man in the brown parka didn't accept the offered ride. :)
How are you this beautiful morning?