Fairbanks summer scenes

Endless days and sunny nights mark Fairbanks summers. Here are some examples of how Fairbanks residents spend our glorious warm months. Send your best photos of summer activities to ourtown@newsminer.com and we'll add them to this gallery.

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Hayken was 10 pounds, if he weighed that much, when this photo was taken of him in a 45 pound cabbage. The cabbage won the Tanana Valley Fair

A bee gathers pollen from blooming wild sweet pea plants along the Mitchell Expressway Tuesday afternoon, June 3, 2008.

The sun was setting as the clouds were hovering above the Huslia Mountains recently—a very beautiful evening.

From left: Hannah Mitchell, 9, Sierra Strubinger, 9, and Dayanara Mordino, 10, sniff bouquets of dandelions they picked for fun along 21st Avenue on Thursday afternoon, June 12, 2008.

A trio of moose play through on Saturday, May 31, 2008 at the Chena Bend Golf Course in Fairbanks. Photographer John A. Quebbemann said the golfers watched as the moose drank from a pond and waited until the cow and two calves moved to a safe distance before resuming their rounds,

Cyclists in the lead peloton of the fourth and final stage of the Tour of Fairbanks Stage Race cross the Chatanika River while racing out the Elliott Highway Sunday afternoon, June 15, 2008.

Former Alaska Nanooks basketball player Andrew Smith, right, executes a reverse dunk during a break in the action of the Challenge Life Midnight Sun 3-on-3 State Championship Basketball Tournament Saturday in downtown Fairbanks. Teammate Justin Bourne, left, looks on.

Ahh, a real keeper ... but Danny Stepp III didn’t keep it, he released it back into George Lake outside Delta. Stepp, who works at Boat Shop, was out with friends this past weekend trying out a new line of boats, and they decided to wet some fishing lines. Stepp’s big pike measured 39 inches and was estimated to weigh approximately 18 pounds. The day before, a friend caught a 41-inch pike weighing in at 20 pounds. It also was released. “We don’t keep the big ones,” Stepp said, “just the small ones.” The fishermen theorize the big spawners will keep the pike population constant in the lake which can only be reached by boat.

Pwen, an Indian Black Runner, yields the puddle to Boxer puppy Hope to play with his ball outside their Lemeta neighborhood home Thursday, June 5, 2008. The duck is the pet of Tracey Ahern and the dog belongs to her sister Jennifer Turner.

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