Dawson City 29th - 30th July

The road from Tok to Dawson passes through a place called Chicken. Originally it was going to be calle Ptarmigan but the townsfolk couldn't agree on a spelling. It was also the site of a gold rush in 1886, a decade before the rush to Dawson. It is only a small place but it has plenty of chicken related merchandise, a giant chicken in the centre of town and a gold dredge.

No photos as yet because they are on my other camera which is on the bus at present.

I have visited Dawson a few weeks earlier so check back through the blog for pictures from that visit. That evening we ate in The Downtown Hotel, Anja, Sigi and Tracey.

 

 

No visit to Dawson is without trying the Sourtoe Cocktail, a shot of your choice with a desiccated human toe in the bottom plus an explanation of the rules in verse....

 

You can drink it quick

You can drink it slow

But the lips

Must touch the toe

 

Helen having a go at the Sourtoe Cocktail with the toe on a plate of salt in front of her.

 

 

Afterwards it was a show at Diamond Tooth Gerties...the local casino plus some of the group.

 And later a walk back to our camp site on the other side of the river.

 

The next day was a visit to Gold Dredge No 4 whch I had seen before (see earlier blog on Dawson) so I went to visit Robert Service's cabin complete with a ranger in period costume and some recitals of his more popular poems. 

 

 

 

 Plus a selfie outside the Fire Station Museum on the way home that evening.