6 September 2008

Dawson City Yukon

I took a couple of days off and went exploring

to Dawson City - the home of the Klondike Gold Rush of 1896.

Now largely a tourist town, although some mining is still taking place,

and I have a nugget to prove it,

it is a shell of facades in front of falling down buildings

and dusty streets and bars

on the banks of the Yukon River

I photographed it all

and as you will see another day, explored some of the neighbourhood

I had a beer and a glass of wine and good food that was distinctly non-camp

And came back to camp refreshed to finish the task at hand

Al