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Dylan serving at the Red Feather (?)
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Jackie Veats, Coldfoot postmistress, came up for a visit and
we drove up to Dawson City in the Yukon.
With stops in Whitehorse, Carmacks and Pelly Crossing, our drive went
quickly. In Dawson we stayed at
the Whitehouse Cabins in a deluxe wall tent; it was dry with a heater and tea pot.
Parks Canada does a bangup job of
providing a variety of Dawson City activities; we participated in a Robert
Service poetry hike to Crocus Bluff, a “Strange Things Done ‘Neath the Midnight
Sun” bank/post office/ funeral parlor/brothel tour, and an aboriginal-led tour
of the new
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| Dylan reading Robert Service's Spell of the Yukon |
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| Charlotte as Captain Jack explains the Sourtoe process |
The highlight,
hmmm, of the trip was our sourtoe cocktails at the Downtown Hotel. For $5.00 you get a shot of Yukon Jack
with a real dead toe in it. If you
drink it down and let the toe touch your lips, you get a certificate certifying
you as certifiable. I qualified.
Last year one of the summer kids ate the next to last toe so
they are looking for folks willing to will them toes. I believe the toe in my drink came from some lady who had a
run in with her lawn mower in Pennsylvania.
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| Way too friendly fox |
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| On top of Midnight Dome |
My favorite part was the opening of the Top of the World
Highland games with folk singers, BIG beefy men in skirts and native
dancers. At 11:00 on Friday the 13th
we were on top of Midnight Dome with thirteen bagpipers playing Scotland the
Brave!!
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| Yukon River from Midnight dome, nearly midnight |
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| Free Ferry across the Yukon with Dawson in background |
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