Westmark Inn Dawson, A Holland America Line Company Dawson City

... doesn’t look anything like it but the characters, etc are similar. We stopped at some interesting eating places along the way. Apart from a couple of tiny settlement populated mainly by ‘first nation – aboriginal’ people, there weren’t any other towns. One place we stopped at for morning coffee was famous for its huge cinnamon buns. The bun was great but Rob was far more impressed by the Essendon toy football sitting on the shelf. The guy who owns the ...

... that just our group could take an hour or two. Besides, if a tanker truck or commercial vehicle such as that comes along, we hear that they have priority crossing.<br><br>Upon returning to the campground, I visited Bob and Kaye Combs (Celina, OH &amp; Sarasota, FL.) They had said that I was welcome to copy all of their oldie CDs onto my Ipod. With nothing else to do, I figured this would be a good time for that. <br><br>Bob was trying to get his DVD player ...

... for gold in the next couple of days. <br><br>There is much history in the area and we will explore all of it including the Robert Service and Jack London Cabins and Diamond Tooth Gerties Casino and show. <br><br>Art's improved health did not last and again he is in much pain. He retired early and I went to play cards with the ladies.<br><br>It's 2 a.m. right now and still quite light outside.<br> <br>

... banks of the Yukon all year on, and his home is quite well up and off from the river bank, he was protected. It was the summer people's homes and businesses that were destroyed. <br><br> <br> <br><br>From Eagle we boarded the Yukon Queen II to take us upriver to Dawson. The Yukon Queen is a luxurious hydrofoil ...

... 57 miles and 2 hours later), we stopped at an overlook with a "Welcome to Dawson City" sign. Getting into Dawson City requires crossing the Yukon on a ferry, the only one remaining of four that used to cross the Yukon at various points. The ferry is free and operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The Dawson ferry landing is upstream from the one across the river and, given the flow of the river here, means the pilot ...

We had a quiet day today. We went out for breakfast to the Riverwest Cafe, then more eavestroughing installing and siliconing all the joints, electrical plug and switch changing, garden edge staining, then out for dinner and a visit to Wild and Wooly. The lady who owns this store, Romy, is like a mother away from home for Sara. She keeps an eye out for her, and is always there if Sara needs any advice or help. Tonight Sara needed some advice with ...

... this far north. Some load their bodies with a sugar alcohol antifreeze which allow their bodies to survive -40 degrees Celcius. I met some Germans who were cooking their lunch in the parking lot. I told one gentleman that he looked like Colonel Saunders of Kentucky Fried Chicken. Check the moustache and goatee. All in good fun. Forty one Kms before Dawson is the turnoff for the Dempster Highway that runs north to Inuvik in the North West Territories. Once you cross the ...

... day of driving on the trip so far, and I hope the worst for this trip. I don't think I could do this two days in a row. The first part was very easy. From Tok, you drive 12 miles down the Alaska Highway and then turn north on the Taylor Highway. The first 30 miles was OK as it was paved even though it was full of HUGE up and downs with all kinds of twists and turns. We drove through what was the largest forest fire ever in Alaska that happened several ...

... road and we managed to follow some high ridges and a bit of smooth sailing, with some bouncy bits but no big deal. We came into some parts that the seal had not been maintained (hey this road is only open 100 days a year so why spend a lot of money?) and some gravel had been put on top. All in all not to bad a trip and we came to an overlook to look down on Dawson city. The town has been kept with the old buildings and boardwalk sidewalks, and the houses ...

... trundle off to the Alaska on the Top of the World Hwy spend July 4 there, then get back to Whitehorse. Of course our digs become available July 23 but we also have the opportunity to house sit for Cheryl and Dick Smith from July 7th. Lots of things to do up here. The Atlin Music Festival is coming up in July and we may make our way down there for it. Living out of our camper is pretty good. I thought it would be a pita but so far everything has ...