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Fairbanks Alaska Homes For Sale in Doyon Estates - 99701

Doyon Estates is one of Fairbanks newest residential developments. Homes in Doyon Estates are sought after due to the neighborhoods proximity to the new east Fairbanks shopping district, downtown Fairbanks and the University of Alaska. It's also a short five-minute drive to Fort Wainwright.

Single Family homes in Doyon Estates - 99701

Fantastic single family home built by Darrell Russell of Denali Builders.

Beautiful cedar-sided home by Roger Burks of Aurora Builders.

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Currently there are five homes for sale in Doyon Estates -

• $550,000 | 3 Bedrooms | 3.0 Bathrooms | 2,634 Sq. Ft
  

• $467,250 | 3 Bedrooms | 3.0 Bathrooms | 2,620 Sq. Ft.
  

• $415,000 | 4 Bedrooms | 2.5 Bathrooms | 2,410 Sq. Ft.
  

• $355,000 | 3 Bedrooms | 2.5 Bathrooms | 2,067 Sq. Ft.
  

• $307,000 | 3 Bedrooms | 2.5 Bathrooms | 1,520 Sq. Ft.

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Doyon Estates is composed of recent construction custom-built and spec-built homes, some with Chena River frontage and is one of the few developments governed by an active Homeowners Association. Ready for find your dream home? Search for Fairbanks homes for sale in Doyon Estates.

Yep, it's that time of year again. Time for the 2009 Fairbanks Alaska Golden Days celebration.

Fairbanks was founded by men and women lured north by the promise of a new dawn... a new day that with luck would be filled with the sight of gold at the bottom of their goldpan or sluicebox. Felix Pedro fanned the flames of those desires when he discovered a massive gold-bearing creek north of Fairbanks. Fairbanks founding-father E.T. Barnette sought to capitalize on the news by establishing a trading post on the banks of the Chena River to serve the army of miners who flocked to the Interior.

The annual Golden Days celebration seeks to remember and celebrate Fairbanks gold rush history. One of the most popular events is the Golden Days Jail. For a mere $5 arrest warrants can be issued for friends, coworkers or even your boss... The Marshals will lock them up and throw away the key!

Events run from the July 22nd through the 25th and culminates with a boisterous street fair and the largest parade in the state. Over 100 entries will be on display including marching bands, clowns, jugglers, antique cars, unicycle riders and floats. The parade winds its way from the Carlson Center through downtown Fairbanks, where it ends at Noble Street and Airport Way.

Don't forget to get your Rubber Duckie tickets for the big race on the 25th. 6,000 yellow rubber duckies race from the Wendell Street bridge to the Cushman Street bridge for the chance to win cash and prizes totaling over $20,000, including a $10,000 cash price for first place! Tickets are available anywhere you see the bright yellow signs in business windows or Goldie & Luckie the big, inflatable yellow ducks!

2009 Golden Days Festival Calendar of Events

Wednesday - Thursday - Friday - Saturday

We'll see you at the 2009 Fairbanks Alaska Golden Days Celebration!

Fairbanks Alaska Florists - Keeping your home and office beautiful and fragrant!

Although we live north of the 64th parallel, Kathy and I are southerners through and through. Moose chili, banana puddin', fresh halibut and grits can always be found in our home. We northern-transplanted southerners sure do like to eat well. One of the other traditions that followed us around the world and north to Alaska is always having fresh cut flowers in the house.

I remember as a boy how my mother would fuss over 'the garden.' Hours were spent in a big wide brimmed straw hat in the blistering Mississippi heat pruning, watering and, of course, talking to all of her floral babies. She was (I say was 'cuz I think she's shrinking) barely 5' tall and weighed all of about 91 pounds, and that was holding a vase of flowers and pruning shears.

Sometimes all you could see from the patio was that big 'ol hat wafting through fields of flowers. My mother, along with Ollie, the gardener/handyman/jack of all trades, grew some of the most beautiful roses I've ever seen. White and yellow were, and still are, my favorites.

These days my dear sweet mother would tell you that I've fallen down on the job, as the flowers in our home come from a florist (sacrilege I know) rather than from our own flower garden. She's right, but there are only so many hours in the day. If, like us, you don't have time to maintain a botanical garden or have a round-up thump then give these fine folks a call!

Santina's Flowers
Third Street @ Old Steese Highway
907-452-3246
800-451-3246

Alaskan Floral & Wedding
South Cushman Street @ Airport Way
907-456-4044
800-478-4044

College Floral
College Road near University Avenue
907-479-6926
800-469-4457

Looking to brighten your home or office (or someones day) with some beautiful fresh cut flowers? We've used and trust the above-mentioned Fairbanks Alaska florists and can recommend them without hesitation.

For centuries the people who called the circumpolar areas of the globe home have survived and thrived in some of the harshest conditions imaginable.  They lived off what God and Mother Nature provided. 

Shelters were built to shield families from the elements from primitive materials. Imagine, if you can, building a home capable of enduring a harsh Alaskan winter without making a single trip to Home Depot.  Hunting parties tested their patience, endurance and skill against the animals that shared the landscape with them.  The byproducts of their hunting also provided the raw materials necessary for clothing to keep them warm and dry. 

Their very survival meant always being mentally and physically prepared to face and handle the challenges of daily life. Not being prepared could easily be a death sentence in a beautiful but very unforgiving environment.

The World Eskimo Indian Olympics seeks to be an active link to history by bringing people together to both celebrate and remember the history of a proud culture.  2009 marks the 45th year of the annual World Eskimo Indian Olympics. 

So, you think you're tough enough to compete? A few of my favorite events are...

• Seal Hop - This is a game of endurance to pain and a testing of strength. The object is to see how far on can go in a "push-up" position, with elbows bent and knuckles down. The only parts of the body touching the floor are knuckles and toes...  It's all I can do to get on my knees on our tile floor to find the ball the dog loves to push under the couch.
  
• Ear Weight -  The weights used in this event are 16 one pound lead ingots, which are threaded through twine. The contestant must loop the twine around one ear and by lifting straight up, without using the cheek, pack the "weight" and go for distance... Imagine carrying that weight (and more) on your ear for up to 2,000 feet!
• One Hand Reach - This game requires the athlete to balance on his/her hands with at least one elbow tucked under the lower abdominal area. The rest of the body is parallel to the floor. The participant will then use one hand to reach up and touch the suspended target. The balance and strength these folks exhibit is amazing.

One of the most anticipated events of the Olympics is the Blanket Toss where a group of people toss the person on the blanket (usually made out of seal pelts) as high as 30 feet into the air.  Some say this hearkens back to a time of celebration over a successful hunting season while others claim it was a means of being able to spot game animals at great distance. Regardless, it's an exhilarating event to watch.

  Below are a few videos of past WEIO performances...

Join us for the 2009 World Eskimo Indian Olympics July 5th through the 18th at the Carlson Center in Fairbanks. Daytime admission is free! For more information contact WEIO at (907) 452-6646 or by email at weio@weio.org

There's been no official diagnosis from the AMA you understand, but I seem to have been afflicted just the same. That I'm afflicted will come as no surprise to some of you, but we won't go there... While I love technology as much as the next fellow, keeping up with an endless stream of social network websites left me feeling like a slave to a Dell. I blogged, twittered, facebooked, blipped, flickred, linked-in and wordpressed until I couldn't see straight.

After hearing from more than a few clients, a handful of AR friends, a few regular readers who were wondering if I had somehow forgotten how to type and two reporters (from Realtor and Money Magazine no less), I figured it was time to get off my ass put pen to paper... well, digital paper anyway, and catch up on the whole blogging gig. I was actually surprised to hear anyone in Alaska was reading this right now considering we're having one of the best summers I can remember. Who sits at the computer when it's 90+ degrees and sunny? Apparently not yours truly.

While I've been slacking on the blogging front we have been busy playing host to hoards of visitors, selling lots of homes (but precious little undeveloped land) and generally staying in "GO" mode. So far, no one has shown up to push me out of an airplane... (or ride that damn tram @ Alyeska) and while we would dearly love to show off Alaska to our dear friends from the Show Me state, I'm happy to (thus far) have my feet on good 'ol terra firma.

According to legend, summer is gone when the last fireweed cottons out and blows away in the winds. I shot this a few days ago at the lake and if the legend holds true there's a lot of summer yet to enjoy. I'll do my best to enjoy it while keeping you updated on life in Alaska... well, until the kings start running that is... then all bets are off. :)