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Friday, August 24, 2012
Cheri Aug-24-12
10:30 PM | 
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Sharp's Travels
Morning rolled around too early for me. I finally had to get up at 7:15am. Our tour group was scheduled to leave the park at 9:45am.
We met at the visitor’s center and our personal tour guide took us across the street by the Yukon River, the 3rd largest river in North America and gave us a brief history of the area.
Dawson City is in the heart of the Klondike. It is a town 8 blocks wide and 15 blocks long. It has a population of 1,500 year around residents. The streets are all dirt and there are wooden boardwalks in front of all the buildings.
We were given lots of information on different sections of town and were able to go into the historic post office, bank and Saloon. They all had beautiful woodwork and architecture.
At 12:45 we carpooled to the Robert Service cabin and had a reading of some of his poems and were told the story of his life. The gentleman that recited the poems did such a great job. We also checked out his cabin.
At 2:15pm we went to the Palace Grand Theater for the Greatest Klondike Contest. They had 5 people, dressed in costumes, telling why they should be considered the greatest person of their era. They all did a great job. The audience was to give the deciding vote as to who was to receive the best Klondike award. It was a great time.
We carpooled to the Klondike Cemetery. There were 11 different cemeteries there. Each person had to be buried in their own area. Some were so old the head stones were wooden.
We continued on up the hill to the Midnight Dome. From there you could look down in the valley at Dawson City and you could see the Yukon River for miles. They called it Midnight Dome because people used to hike up there June 21 and have a picnic under the Midnight Sun.
We were back at the 5th wheel by 4:30pm. I fixed supper and then we drove up town to check out the little shops. Gay was hoping for a hot spot for the computer. Neither Spike’s nor the parks internet is working.
We turned in early, it was another full day.
To see pictures of the day click on this link https://picasaweb.google.com/sharpstravels then click on albums: Dawson City day one.
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