I have spent most of my off days exploring the town i'm in - TOK.
The grocery store 3 BEARS is one and the most patroized place by us.
I went to ALL ALASKA GIFT SHOP, SNOW SHOE GIFT SHOP, GOLDEN BEAR MOTEL, TOK GENERAL STORE (selling organic and health food).
We went to Sourdough Campground where they had pancake toss and the winner of pancake toss receive free buffet brkfast the next morning.
We also went to Fast Eddy's restaurant to try their desserts - Peanut butter pie, fruits of forest pie and curly fries. some of the bulgarians are working there too, taking 2nd jobs such as dishwasher, bussers.
I also went to the Tok library twice. 1st time was on our 2nd day here and we met Denali and her mother, the library volunteer. We conversed with her, she was a delightful girl who tell good stories.
We also attended April (colleague)'s graduation party at her house, just some distance away from westmark. We met her dog, cats, friends and had bbq hotdogs and marshmallows.
On my off days, i also explored the remaining shops around here. Here's a list of shops ard here->
- A & j VARIETY
- WESTMARK
- ALL ALASKA GIFT SHOP
- TOK VISITOR CENTER
- TOK COMMUNITY LIBRARY
- YOUNG'S CHEVRON
- 3 BEARS GROCERY
- SNOWSHOE GIFT
- AUTO PARTS
- TOK STATE TROOPERS
- TOK GENERAL STORE
- TOK GOLD SOUVENIR SHOP
- TOK RV VILLAGE
- FAST EDDY'S
- SALMON BAKE
- FOOD MART
- cARIBOU BOOKSTORE
- TOK LIQUOR STORE
- TOK LODGE BAR
- GOLDEN BEAR MOTEL
- SOURDOUGH CAMPGROUND
- TOK SCHOOL
Not many shops available hor. MOstly gift shops. Our trailer supervisor also bought some bikes for us and i go cycling whenever i free or feel like. I even cycled the 4 miles to TOK river n back. I also cycled to MUKLUKLand 3 miles but i didn't go in. The sad thing is there's no public transport here except for the taxi and coaches. However it is not cheap to even go to fairbanks via coach - $70
On 26 May, we had a tequila party at our trailer where every live-in employees, inclding bulgarians chatted, drank and interacted.
There are many wild bunnies around here too esp the land behind 3 BEARS. MY and i were following the bunnies when we met this repair shop guy Brian. We had an hr chat with him.
We also spent our free time, watching the DVDs lent to us from Ditty, trailer supervisor. We watched 13TH WARRIOR, V FOR VENDETTA, OVER THE HEDGE, DA VINCI CODE. Eunice brought her dvd player too so we could watch on TV intd of only on PC/laptop. On TV, i also watched Charmed, Dark Angel, Shark Attack 2, Ice princess, KYLE XY. NOw on every mon, its showing KYLE XY season 2 but i signed up for 2 wks free trial with NETFLIX and rented the 1st season of KYLE XY - 3 discs ONLY. lol JUst finished watching all of it last night. Very nice and intriguing!
I also bought 5 books from Caribou Bookstore for only US$15.50. The 5 books are HORSE WHISPERER (NICHOLAS EVANS), CRAZY WILD (TARA JANZEN), THE OBSIDIAN TRILOGY (THE OUTSTRETCHED SHADOW, TO LIGHT A CANDLE & WHEN DARKNESS FALLS) by MERCEDES LACKEY.
I have completed reading HORSE WHISPERER, THE OUTSTRETCHED SHADOW, TO LIGHT A CANDLE. All these novels are great stories!! Fantasy but still captivated me. I even ordered 5 books online from eharlequin.com for abt US$26 and with order over $25 got free shipping. I can't wait to 
get those books! I'm trying to stamp down my desire to purchase as many books as i can as i will exceed my luggage allowance.
We also went horseriding at Roxy's house where we walked to her place and met her cousin, Alani who loves horses and riding them. Her dad, Todd helped us to get on to the horses Blue & Frosty. I rode saddle on Frosty alone 1st while MY & Shiwen rode Blue. We trotted around the fields and 'forests'. Then we went to talk with roxy and her family and they invited us to stay for cake and food. We agreed to stay for food den went off for another ride. This time, MY rode behind me on frosty and Todd even let me have the reins as i learnt to guide the horse where i want to go. However she became fiesty later on and suddenly started to turn round and round till MY & I lost our balance and slid from her back. Luckily it wasn't a hard fall. Nevertheless it was a fun ride.
On 21 jun, Ditty drove us to Tok River and Moon Lake. Moon Lake is beautiful with the sun setting over the lake waters. Some people were jet-skiiing on the water as we watched.
Now my desire is to find someone to get me into Fairbanks to watch my long-awaited movies as well as shopping! Hopefully my next off days i can do! Wish me luck!
LET ME FLY AWAY FROM HERE
- 6:59 PM
We also spent our free time, watching the DVDs lent to us from Ditty, trailer supervisor. We watched 13TH WARRIOR, V FOR VENDETTA, OVER THE HEDGE, DA VINCI CODE. Eunice brought her dvd player too so we could watch on TV intd of only on PC/laptop. On TV, i also watched Charmed, Dark Angel, Shark Attack 2, Ice princess, KYLE XY. NOw on every mon, its showing KYLE XY season 2 but i signed up for 2 wks free trial with NETFLIX and rented the 1st season of KYLE XY - 3 discs ONLY. lol JUst finished watching all of it last night. Very nice and intriguing!
get those books! I'm trying to stamp down my desire to purchase as many books as i can as i will exceed my luggage allowance.