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Tuesday, June 21, 2005

Dawson City & The Gold Rush RV Park

We had only a short drive today to reach Dawson City. We did however hit a lot of sections of road that were just gravel and then believe it or not we actually fit a detour.......which I think the guy on the grader was still building as we got there. It was a little unnerving to go up and down some of those hills, no guard rails, loose gravel and soft shoulders.......but we made it.






Dawson City has a flavor all it's own as you enter the town all you see is huge piles of gravel from where the Gold Dredges have been operating. It kind of looks like the entire town has been infested by giant worms. The town itself is very rough and tumble and I imagine it looks very similar to what it did back in the day of the Gold Rush. There are no paved streets and it is mostly all wood buildings due to the perma- frost.









We parked the trailer and then made a quick tour around town to see what we wanted to get a closer look at tomorrow. Today is the summer solstice, the longest day light hours. There is a big thing going on at the top of Dome mountain but apparently there is limited parking and it has been known to get rather rowdy so we plan to stay in town.

We did go to the Eldorado Hotel for dinner Halibut and chips.....very good.

We will stay up till midnight to make sure the sun does not go down.
Posted by: Colin & Margaret & Splash Werner / Tuesday, June 21, 2005  


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