Got up about 8. Mosquitoes not so bad this morning…they all got fed last night! Finished the cinnamon roll! It tasted as good as it looked!
About 11 we stopped at a pullover to observe the Tintina Trench. The trench is a major fault line that is the largest fault in North America. The movement caused by that fault is probably what exposed the gold and minerals found in Alaska. Photo 21a & b
Then we stopped at the small Tintina Bakery about a half-mile off the road down a gravel road. It was noted in the Milepost Book as having excellent pastries and Dick was hoping for more rhubarb pie! No pie but he did find and ate a great rhubarb raspberry tart and since that was so good he had a strawberry rhubarb tart to go. Also got a loaf of fresh baked sourdough rye bread that we had sliced and tasted right away too. Delicious!
We arrived at the Bonanza Gold RV Park about a mile before Dawson City. We will be here for several days so decided to take some down time to do maintenance items like laundry and to pressure wash the Saturn to get off the mud caked on it.
Early evening we went into Dawson City to the visitor’s center and bought books of three passes each for each of us for $12 per book. These may be used to attend any one of a half dozen or so events and attractions in town and afford a nice savings over the $6 per activity if you don’t use the passes. We walked down the main street toward where the ferry is used to continue across the Yukon River to the Top of The World Highway. The ferry is run by the provincial government and is just considered part of the roadway.
Then we went to the local night spot, Diamond Tooth Gerties. It is a saloon and with three dance hall stage shows nightly showing the style of entertainment offered in the gold rush days.
Back at the RV it was still so light at 11 PM we chose to put up darkened shades on the bedroom windows so we could sleep. Sunset up here is near midnight! We then took a drive up to the top of Midnight Dome that is a steep and winding road up to the top of a 1900-foot mountain right behind town that offers a spectacular view of the sunsets and of the whole Dawson City area. See photo. On the way down we had a silver fox run out and jump onto the guardrail next to us. We had a hilarious time trying to get the cameras going to film it. (One of those time you had to be there to appreciate the mixed up antics!)
About 11 we stopped at a pullover to observe the Tintina Trench. The trench is a major fault line that is the largest fault in North America. The movement caused by that fault is probably what exposed the gold and minerals found in Alaska. Photo 21a & b
Then we stopped at the small Tintina Bakery about a half-mile off the road down a gravel road. It was noted in the Milepost Book as having excellent pastries and Dick was hoping for more rhubarb pie! No pie but he did find and ate a great rhubarb raspberry tart and since that was so good he had a strawberry rhubarb tart to go. Also got a loaf of fresh baked sourdough rye bread that we had sliced and tasted right away too. Delicious!
We arrived at the Bonanza Gold RV Park about a mile before Dawson City. We will be here for several days so decided to take some down time to do maintenance items like laundry and to pressure wash the Saturn to get off the mud caked on it.
Early evening we went into Dawson City to the visitor’s center and bought books of three passes each for each of us for $12 per book. These may be used to attend any one of a half dozen or so events and attractions in town and afford a nice savings over the $6 per activity if you don’t use the passes. We walked down the main street toward where the ferry is used to continue across the Yukon River to the Top of The World Highway. The ferry is run by the provincial government and is just considered part of the roadway.
Then we went to the local night spot, Diamond Tooth Gerties. It is a saloon and with three dance hall stage shows nightly showing the style of entertainment offered in the gold rush days.
Back at the RV it was still so light at 11 PM we chose to put up darkened shades on the bedroom windows so we could sleep. Sunset up here is near midnight! We then took a drive up to the top of Midnight Dome that is a steep and winding road up to the top of a 1900-foot mountain right behind town that offers a spectacular view of the sunsets and of the whole Dawson City area. See photo. On the way down we had a silver fox run out and jump onto the guardrail next to us. We had a hilarious time trying to get the cameras going to film it. (One of those time you had to be there to appreciate the mixed up antics!)
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