Up and Over (by Liam)

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Today, we drove to Dawson City. It was an old town that had a lot of old relics and was weird. We went through customs and across a very small, tiny river or stream.

***Mom's note: It was the Yukon River, not tiny or small.***

We went into a small museum that had cool, boring, amazing, weird, freaky objects.

***Mom's note: I asked him to write 100 words. We were in the visitor center about two minutes. The rest of our time in Dawson City was spent eating at Klondike Kate's and wandering the town looking for geocaches. We also went out to Discovery Claim National Historic Site, where the first gold claim in the area was made, as well as to see Dredge #4, the world's largest dredge of this type.***

Just to let you know, we crossed the river in a ferry. The camper door wouldn't open so I climbed through a window to get the camper unstuck. Other than that, I just was bored as we drove around.

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Photos

Tanana River
Cole and I stopped at a pullout where an old bridge was pulled out.

Hitchhiker
This guy stayed with us a long time.

A Little Uncomfortable
There were no guardrails along any portion of the drive. This was one of the uncomfortable moments, although not the most.

Castle Rock
Any guesses how tall it is?

Dawson City
I especially liked these buildings. I don't know if they truly are falling like that or if it's all for show.

St. Andrew's Church
There are signs to keep out, but it had a beautiful cool musty smell coming from near the geocache.

Bonanza Creek
Gold was discovered here, leading to one of the rushes.

Dredging is Bad!
Everywhere around Dawson City, we saw evidence of what dredging did to the land. There are piles and piles and piles of gravel everywhere.

Run, Bunny!
On our late night drive leaving Dawson City, we saw more hares than we could count. We were trying to come up with a name for the subdivision we were driving through. Jeff thought my idea of Hare Nation was clever.