July 9th PM

We left Whitehorse as planned & it is 327 miles, we both believe it is worth the trip :) We didn't see any wild life but a grouse. We had a little road construction & some of it was kind of scary, we are both very glad we decided not to go on the Top Of The World road, one gal said it really wasn't worth it except to say you had been on it, 80 miles or so of gravel did NOT sound like fun to us.



There waa s a bad accident on the construction part of the road late last night, said someone was going about 90 mph & missed a curve in the gravel, killed one, one in jail & don't know about the other 2, anyhow they just close the road & it wasn't open till about 1 but it was open by the time we got there. Too bad.



We got to Dawson City about 6, ate dinner, have eaten a lot of fish on this trip, it is SO good, walked around, took some pictures & now we are ready for a shower. It was in the low 80's today, too hot for Daddy Don but I'm loving it, finally took off my coat. :)



This cty is like we thought it would be, an old mining town with some things redone, its a fun place. The Yukon River runs to the side of it. (Don's comments) The first thing we did was take the ferry across the Yukon River to a campground. No showers so we came back across and got one with showers. With this hot weather we both need a shower, I know that I (Don) do. Walked around town and went in the gambling place where they had a floor show but decided it was not worth our time seeing it so we left. It is 11 o'clock and we are sitting at a picnic table on the computer.

We stopped at a little store called Braeburn lodge and got a cinnamon roll. They were huge but nothing like the Rev's.



The country north and west from Whitehorse to Dawson is a lot like our Stanley Salmon area. Lots of grass covered mountains. One thing they really lack is a place to stop and take pictures. They do not have many view points or places of interest so could not really get any good pictures on our way up.