Blogs from Dawson City, Yukon, Canada, North America - page 4

Sunday, July 17 Yukon River Campground 11:00 when we left camp. 59 degrees and clearish. Mileage at 11936. Slept in a bit and then had French toast that Valerie made out of the fruit bread. It took us an hour to cross this morning on the ferry as there were many vehicles waiting for a turn. Our book warned that it could take as much as 3 hours to get across. They take tour buses, 18 wheel trucks, and tankers on this small ferry. Drove into Dawson City and parked near the gazebo to listen to the music being played. After listening awhile, we went down the road to the south, where we had seen an RV Park that also had a gas station in front. Filled Rosie with gas--$101 worth. That included a fee of ... read more

Where can you go to have a human toe cocktail? Dawson City! Where can you go to try your luck for gold? Dawson City!! Where can you go to find a never setting sun? Dawson City!!! And so, here we are! Coming into the city was a unique sight, there are massive tailing lines of rock and stone all along the highway and that stretch for further than you can see. It is a strange landscape, BJ and I couldn’t figure out if this was natural or brought here from the gold rush. BJ guessed right, all the stone was here from the early 1900’s when a dredge was operating just outside the city. It would tear up the Earth looking for Percer gold and deposit the gravel and stone behind it as it went. After ... read more

We started the day by calling Jodie to wish her a happy birthday! Then we drove out to “the creeks”. The road was built at the top of the hills because at the bottom, were the gold claims, and also, there was soft muskeg and other road-building problems. We came to a park sign explaining roadhouses. It seems that a roadhouse was built almost every mile in the area, providing food and shelter to the miners and those traveling to and from the creeks. It made us curious about Rich’s great-grandmother’s connection to roadhouses since she ran one in California after the gold rush. Something else to research. We found Caribou Creek and took pictures up and down, where the family claims were. A claim was five hundred feet of creek bottom and a thousand feet ... read more

Hey, thanks for your comments. Glad you're all enjoying the blogs! The towels we had used to soak up the rain on the roof of our slideout on the camper have finally dried after nine days! The day started sunny and warm. We set out from Chicken on the gravel part of the Taylor Highway. The Milepost warns that "all gold-bearing ground in this area has been claimed. Do not pan in streams or trespass on claims." Then, it says, " Steep drop-offs, no guardrails, soft shoulders. Pull over for oncoming motorcoaches." They mean tourbusses! About 43 miles later, we came to the outpost called Boundary. The Boundary Roadhouse was one of Alaska's first. Then, we came to the actual international border. It's called the Poker Creek Border Station and it's the northernmost Border Post in ... read more

Hi Everyone, As the heading states, We come to a decision today as to which way we're heading. I guess we find out soon so watch this space for more news. In the meantime, I've posted up 2 photos. One of Bob & Doug from Lethbridge and the other of Bob's bike a Yamaha XTZ750 Super Tenere. Those of you that know me well can appreciate how my heartstrings were tugged at the sight of this motorcycle! Bob, Doug, Thanks for your company guys. I really would like to meet up again in southern Alberta soon. You're great guys! Regards to all.....Nevil... read more