You have your own room? (as when I think of dorm room, I think of 4 people). Yes, I am lucky enough to have my own room. I share a bathroom and shower with the room next to me. Some people have to share a room with another person. I did that for years so I enjoy having my own room now. Shower facilities? Meals are cafeteria styled? Yep. Breakfast served from 5-7:30, Lunch from 11-12:30 and Dinner from 5-8. It’s all FREE! Do you have cable TV? Yep. Which is nice because I’m too cheap to pay for it at my house. A gym? Uh-huh. I’ve played volleyball there and walked the track, but mostly I’m a couch potato.

Dining room – No alcohol allowed. They are drinking orange soda and “near” beer.


Snack bar – popcorn machine, hot dogs, chips, soup and lots of hot chocolate and coffee.



Sorry if I am prying. All of these things (and I didn't even ask all my questions) are really interesting to me. You’re not prying. Ask away! I’ll do my best to answer.

Here are some other photos I think you might like.

This was a drill exercise with the fire fighters and rescue squad.


Caribou herd (last spring) right outside my window. They are unimpressed (and unconcerned) with our presence.


This one is funny! I wasn’t there when the photo was taken, but the guy to took it told me that a mama bear and her cubs were in the parking lot when a truck drove by. Mama shooed her babies to safety. Since there are no trees in Prudhoe, they climbed the safety ladder (on the outside of an old tank). Once the truck passed, they bawled and bawled trying to figure out how to climb down. They eventually figured it out. We call this one TEAMWORK! The bears have radio collars so that they an be tracked so we can get out of their way when they are coming through.


Hope you enjoyed the “visit” to Prudhoe Bay.