Dawson City, Yukon

Made it to Dawson city, Yukon Territory. Yesterday we drove to Whitehorse, Yukon. The drive was only 150 miles and a little uneventful. The scenery was a lot of the same we had been seeing. Stayed in the Walmart parking. We unhooked the jeep and went to a museum and just drove around town for a while. Whitehorse is a pretty big town by Yukon standards, even has the Walmart, only one in the Yukon. Today was kind of a long one for us, 325 miles to reach Dawson City. There are flowers bloming everywhere up here. Some of the lakes still have ice on them and the north slopes still have snow on them. The terrain on the drive was mostly flat with some pretty good hills throwen in. There are a lot of lakes in this part of the country. Dawson is big time mining area, mostly dredging operations. I will take some pics of it tomorrow. There are rock piles everywhere from the dredging. After we got set up we headed into town to look around. Went to Diamond Tooth Gerties for the can can show. Had a great time there. It is a casino, the only one in the Yukon, and believe it or not I didn't gamble at all. The town has most of the buildings restored and still has gravel streets. All the sidewalks are wood. Going to tour around here tomorrow and maybe Sunday before heading out on the Top Of The World Highway to Alaska. It's only about 100 miles to the boarder but they say it will take 3 hours or more. Mostly gravel road over the mountain. Already have a few chips in the windshield. I have wifi here so I will post again tomorrow if I get some good pics. Ohhh, I almost forgot...the plane is a weather vane. It is a real plane that was used in the area years ago to haul cargo in. It is billed as the worlds largest weather vane.

Till next time

Duane and Louise