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In Fairbanks.

This place is so sparsely populated compared to ANC. The traffic is very light, which is very nice.

I've been here many times, but always just passing through, and usually only seeing the university district of town (where I am right now).

Fairbanks is.....really dull. And hot. But I am liking my new job orientation at the saw mill. It's owned and run by two brothers who are friends with my uncle, when they all attended University of Alaska back in the day. The mill is over 30 years old, interesting story and business model behind it. I'm basically here for a week to get oriented with the company and learn about the operation before I go back to Anchorage to start their new office there.

Everybody here is pretty nice. The millwrights are cool, biker-type guys. I sat in with them for a few hours to understand their job and how they do it. What they can and can't cut to order. The owners are extraordinarily kind and casual. The owner's putting me up in his house, and smiling photos of George Bush on thank-you cards look down on me as I type on his computer

Went out to lunch with the engineer/woods manager. Turns out he's a gun nut too and we talked about guns for about an hour. Going out to the logging grounds tomorrow, never seen a logging operation up close before. Never seen a vertically-integrated company before, either. This company is the definition of one. All very interesting.

Anyhoo, that's about it.