Two RV Gypsies: Full-Time RVers
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This is the second visit to the Ice House for
the two RV Gypsies. They returned here to allow their family the chance to enjoy
a new but very COLD experience. Be sure you have visited the
original photos because more history and more extensive photos and information about the House House are
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AURORA ICE MUSEUM &
HOTEL |
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| Chena Hot Springs Resort is home to the world's largest year-round ice museum in the world, the Aurora Ice Museum! It was completed in January 2005 and stays a cool 20 degrees Fahrenheit inside year round. Keeping the museum icy cold in the heat of summer comes from the patented absorption chiller, the first of its kind in the world used for this purpose! | |
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| The Aurora Ice Museum gallery features amazing ice sculptures created by 13 time world champion ice carver Steve Brice and with his wife, Heather. They are also 4 time champions as a husband and wife team. Within the museum, they have created a two story observation tower with a circular staircase, but visitors cannot go upstairs. | |
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Ever-changing colored ice
crystal chandeliers which mimic the Northern Lights. There were 5 chandeliers
each with 70 hand-carved ice crystals that changed colors every 10 seconds.
Fiber optic lighting was used to create this feature. All other lighting
was LED based which transmits no heat. |
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This is the largest ice chess
set in the world. It has an Alaskan theme with eagles, ravens, bears, totems,
foxes and caribou as the chess pieces. |
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3 of the 4 bedrooms -
only $600 per night each - NO, the two RV Gypsies and their family did NOT sleep here! |
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| Everybody's heard of people being on the "hot seat" but here everyone can be on the "ice seat" | |
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nothing like an ice toilet |
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The Ice House |
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AFTER you