Dawson City, Day 2

Grave in Dawson City

Cloudy and cool today, unlike yesterday when it hit over 32 degrees.  We drove to the Discovery Creek historic site, stopped in at Dredge number 4 (but didn’t go on the tour), and then stopped for a shower at the RV camp and laundromat. 

After that we drove up the Dome road to a lady’s house where she does crafts.  She told us that we should tour the cemetaries, so we did that.  There are many gravesites from the days of the Gold Rush, some with markers that must have been replaced.  Many of the markers are old wooden boards, and it is impossible to read them any longer.  After that we came into town and toured the Dawson City Museum for a couple of hours.

Shortly we will be going to get some groceries, and then to find a campsite on the other side of the Yukon River.  We have to cross the ferry.  Tomorrow we will probably be going across the “Top of the World Highway” into the US, and will see where we end up.

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