Dawson City, YK to Watson Lake, YK

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This is at the top of Dome Road overlooking Dawson City, Yukon. It's where the Yukon and Klondike Rivers come together. That why there are 2 colors to the river. The cut in the hill past the river is the road we came in on, then took a small ferry to Dawson City. It's the dustiest town we have ever seen. All the streets are dirt.

I'm panning for gold with George's help. I'm in the Bonanza River where the Klondike Gold Rush started in 1896. One of the largest gold field in the world and they are still looking for it. We got about 8 flakes. This spot is open to the public for free and is not claimed. If you pan on claimed land they can shoot you.

This is a DC-3 fully restored and on permanent display at the Whitehorse International Airport. It's a weathervane that pivots on its mount and always points into the wind.
The Yukon Transportation Museum next door is one of the best museums we have visited. All about the Gold Rush, Airplanes and the building of the Alaskan Highway.

We are back in Watson Lake and tomorrow we will leave the Alaskan Highway heading for Iskut, BC on the Cassiar Highway to Steward, BC and Hyder, AK. George has been rating our Drives on a scale 0f 1 to 10. He says between Steward and Hyder is a 10. We have 6 days left with the caravan and will head towards Seattle. We are having a cookout with the group tonight. We have made a lot of new friends.

Hopefully we will have WiFi at the next couple of Campgrounds. Our cell phones don't work at all in Canada.

This the Yukon River. We took a boat tour on the M.V. Schwatka past that bridge. Part of the river has rapids so it was a little thrilling.

Thanks for the emails. Love Gail