Saturday and Sunday June 27-28 Dawson City

Monday June 28
Today we stayed in port. It was raining and had rained all night. We were going to go to the Arctic Circle today up the Dempster Highway, maybe even all the way to Inuvik. This road and the Top of The World Highway are said to be slippery when they are wet. They are both gravel roads so they would be muddy and dangerous on the hills. They tell me they will be fine 2 hours after the rain has stopped. Late this afternoon the rain stopped and the sun came out. Look out Arctic Circle, here we come in the morning.
Today we laid around and took it easy. We went to town to get some groceries and walked around some more. I talked to Mike again on Skype and he told me how to fix the oven over the computer. We did not have toast this am because the oven would not light. Mike googled it, I didn't think to, and told me what to do. It worked. We went to bed last night at 1am in the light and were not sleepy. We kind of needed a down day and the rain gave us the excuse.

Sunday June 27
We only had an hour ride to Dawson City. Found us a campsite and went to explore the town. As you see in the pictures it is an old west type of town. Everything is about the Klondike gold rush an gold mining. This was where it happened and in the late 1800's and early 1900's it was a wealthy town. There is a lot of history here and the town is not over developed.
Being Sunday there were a lot of people milling about on a sunny afternoon.
I did the most amazing thing. Mike had me download Skype. I signed up kind of like doing an emailing account. Mike has it on his computer too. With Skype we can call each other over the internet! No phone lines or phone companies involved. The best part is it is free computer to computer. There is a paid option for some other stuff. Both have to be on line before one can call the other. I called Mike and we talked through the computer. The wildest part, we both clicked the video button and we could see each other real time as we talked. Both computers have to have a camera. Here I am 250 miles from the Artic Circle, nearly 5000 miles from home, and I watched him setting in my recliner talking to me. I even got to see the granddogs. All over the internet and for free....................................