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This is a diary of where we are, where we were and what we are doing. Check out the older posts unfortunatly I am slower putting up the pictures than Margaret is writing the blogs Colin :)
Monday, June 20, 2005
Moose Creek Yukon Park
We left the camp site at 8:00 and continued on up the highway. Our first stop was at the old Montague Road house was a place where trappers and prospectors stopped on their way to and from Dawson City. All that remained was the old log shell and an old rusted out wood stove. You could still see the remnants of old cheese cloth that was hung along the walls to keeping the mud chinking from falling out on the people in the room.
Next on the root were the five finger rapids accessible by 229 steps down a hillside plus about a 1 km. hike. They were very scenic , although I can't imagine taking a paddle wheeler down then......which they did regularly during the Gold Rush Days. They actually had cables attached to shore which guided the boats through.
We ended up for the day at the Moose Creek Yukon Campground. Colin, Frances and Ed went for a walk down by the Creek and almost got carried away by the mosquitoes. I knew there was a reason I didn't want to go......and when Ed and Frances showed up back at the campsite in their bug suits , I was very glad I stayed behind.
We took a short run out to Moose Creek Lodge to check out what was there......not much inside but they had cute mosquitos and moose sculptures outside
We had pork chops B.B. Q'd over the open fire but we opted to eat inside because of the bugs. We did sit around the fire for a short while but eventually it started to rain a bit so that put an end to that.
Next on the root were the five finger rapids accessible by 229 steps down a hillside plus about a 1 km. hike. They were very scenic , although I can't imagine taking a paddle wheeler down then......which they did regularly during the Gold Rush Days. They actually had cables attached to shore which guided the boats through.
We ended up for the day at the Moose Creek Yukon Campground. Colin, Frances and Ed went for a walk down by the Creek and almost got carried away by the mosquitoes. I knew there was a reason I didn't want to go......and when Ed and Frances showed up back at the campsite in their bug suits , I was very glad I stayed behind.
We took a short run out to Moose Creek Lodge to check out what was there......not much inside but they had cute mosquitos and moose sculptures outside
We had pork chops B.B. Q'd over the open fire but we opted to eat inside because of the bugs. We did sit around the fire for a short while but eventually it started to rain a bit so that put an end to that.