Shopping in Fairbanks

After Doreen, my co-StoryCorps facilitator, told me that milk in Barrow costs $10 a gallon, I decided that going to Fred Meyers and filling a tote with groceries was not uncalled for. And that’s what I did. I bought a $130 worth of groceries, including a 20-lb bag of rice, loaded them into a tote, and a friendly Fred Meyer employee helped me weigh it on a bathroom scale. Hopefully it will not exceed the Alaska Airlines 50-lb limit.

I also bought a rabbit fur lined, ear-flap hat and a pair of Extreme Arctic Carhartt bibs. I feel prepared.