6/15 Dawson City

We got going this morning by 7:15am, no bear spotting's, last night or this morning. Before we got going we did cut up some of the cinnamon roll we had purchased yesterday and it was good. It is big enough to feed 4 or 5 people. The only animals we saw today was a squirrel, rabbit and 1 moose, bull moose at that. We arrived in Dawson City at 9:45am. We got set up, checked the internet stuff and then ran into town. We wanted to check on the ferry that we have to get on to leave here.

 Only way across to go to Chicken Alaska thank goodness it’s a free ferry ride across the river. Then we went to the visitor center to see what things there are to do in Dawson City. Just so happens the Highland Games Opening Ceremony starts tonight. They haven’t had the Highland Games here for 113 years, so it’s a big deal for this little town.
Before I go on let me tell you about the bites I have. Let’s see my left eye is about closed, they right side up my face has welts, 2 on my cheek and 1 on my forehead. My right hand is swollen with about 4 bites, right forearm bit welt. Left armpit welt, welt on right side of stomach and lets not forget about the right ear. The bugs are going to be eating good while I’m here. Dave doesn’t even have 1 bite, not far. He said he guesses I’ll be seeing Alaska from the inside of the RV. Ha ha, not funny.
Anyway, we went and did the tour of Dredge No. 4 a National Historic Site for Parks Canada. 

It was a very interesting tour plus they found out that this is the last summer that any tours will go through it. Parks Canada, because of budget problems, are closing a lot of the parks stuff. Canada realizes that they must cut cost, not like the U.S. and keep printing or borrowing $ like our government. Anyway, Dredge No. 4 is 2/3 the size of a football field and 8 stories high. It was interesting on how they dredged for gold.
When we left there it was back to the RV to have something to eat. It was after all 2:30pm and all we had before leaving the mosquito capital was the cinnamon roll. Then back on the road to visit the Midnight Dome. This was just a drive to the top of the Dome (mountain) and had the most spectacular view of the Klondike also the town of Dawson City. Dave will post pictures later.

Back into town to walk around and visit some shops. Then we stopped at the Sourdough Saloon. We had a beer and heard about the Sourtoe Cocktail that they are famous for. It’s a club you can join between 9pm and 11pm every night where you drink a shot of something with a mummified human toe in it. It’s suppose to be a real human toe and it just used over and over again, I guess. Didn’t really sound like something I wanted to see or join.

After leaving the saloon we headed out for Geo Caching. Dave had down loaded 5 caches and they were all done by Parks Canada. They took you to the historical sites and inside the caches is a question that you have to answer at the visitor center. We did 3 caches and Dave found all 3, Dave not me. On the last one a local saw him pulling it out and she said she had found that one too.
After that we went back into town to watch the Opening Ceremonies of the Highland Games. They had speeches from different important town people, and they introduced some of the athletes, in tomorrows games. The Can Can girls from “Diamond Tooth Gerties” Gambling Hall sang the  Anthems, both American and Canada's. The 1st Nation group did some singing then it was bagpipe competition. We listened to a couple then headed back to the RV for dinner. We plan on going to see the Can Can girl show tonight at 10:30pm, that’s in 40 min. so will go ahead and post this blog and let you know tomorrow how the show was.