My Trip To Dawson City, Yukon, My Run In With Miners & Gold

I have been busy but I searched out my thread to read responses I never did. I want to say, ever since I left Dawson City, I have missed it so much. It keeps pulling on the strings of my heart to come back.

I now have 3 boys and a family so it would be near impossible. I wish I could put my house up for sale and move there. Visiting for a couple weeks would be pretty cool but an entire summer would be better...or even a life time. I really wish I could win the lottery so we could do as we please...lol. One day I will go back there and I really hope its when I'm still young enough to have some more fun mining and hiking.

Ahhh I just remember walking to the trail where our cabin was and seeing the ATVs being pulled by the alaskan dogs for their training

I will most likely update with more stories in the near future, I think it will help me with how much I miss it.

I dont know if I already said this in the thread but when I watched gold rush alaska and saw Mr. Hoffman on the phone in Dawson City, it made me so happy. I used that very phone at least once a week to call home and say hi to family.

I miss it so much.

Well done in your travels! As an avid hitchhiker, I have had many of what I call 'authentic experiences'. When someone introduces you to their way of life in a far away land it can be very meaningful.

You know, I'm 30 years and that number makes me feel old when I look at it. I miss being 20. BUT I feel no different from when I was 25 and I will always be young at heart.

One day when my friend and I were crossing the Yukon river on the Dawson City Ferry, we looked down the shore a far ways away and saw an old ship washed up on the beach. We asked the locals about it and if it was anyones property. The story is it's a haunted boat washed up on shore. Well of course I dont believe in such silly things so we went for a hike! We reached the ship and went inside and it was littered with empty beer bottles and garbage. We spent an hour or so cleaning it all up. When we were finished I swear the old wreckage let out a sigh. (Sure sure it was probably just the wind making the old thing creek but I like to believe it felt relieved to finally be clean!)

Oh My God here is a picture of caveman Bill I was telling you about!!

No way! Thanks to everyone showing an interest in here! You dont know how much it means to talk about old times. If anyone wants to share some of their experiences or what they want to do at some point, please feel free...

CrystalH, I'd love to chime in my $0.02 worth, but 1. I don't want to hijack your thread. 2. I can't think of any numismatic connection to my goal of making it to Antarctica on the cheap. (Anyone have a gig on a station resupply plane flying out of Christchurch, NZ?) I spent a week in Punta Arenas, Chile two years ago scoping out the possibilities. Turns out I was a few weeks early for the spring season of fly-ins or supply ships and couldn't hang around for much longer. The closest I got was puddle jumper flight to a small town on Navarino Island. (The most southernly "town" in the world.) Still, it's possible, and I totally want to do it.

Well, looks like I did both things that I didn't want to do...hijack the thread and get into what is probably one of my toughest personal goals.

oh ya and the total trip was over 12,000 KM

Had a bit of fun with Google Maps, terrestrial photography.
Helps to put the rest of us in the picture.

crystalH: Got any street references that you would suggest where the terrestrial camera may be placed?