{"id":105,"date":"2015-06-01T23:08:55","date_gmt":"2015-06-02T06:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/alaska2015\/?p=105"},"modified":"2015-06-22T12:08:18","modified_gmt":"2015-06-22T19:08:18","slug":"long-ride-to-dawson-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/alaska2015\/long-ride-to-dawson-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Ride to Dawson City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>June 1, 2015.<\/p>\n<p>This morning, I woke up at 3:20 am. It was already light. I put my bag out for the handlers to pick up, then went back to sleep for another 2 hours.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"tim horton's\" alt=\"tim horton's\" src=\"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/alaska2015\/files\/2015\/06\/hortons.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Merrianne and I went across the street to Tim Horton&#8217;s for breakfast.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"where is it?\" alt=\"where is it?\" src=\"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/alaska2015\/files\/2015\/06\/eagle1.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Most of the day was spent on the bus, making the long drive from Whitehorse to Dawson. There were rest stops along the way, of course. At one point, our driver, Dave, stopped the bus and pointed out an eagle in a tree. I got a picture of it, but not a very good one. Can you see the eagle?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"eagle2.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/alaska2015\/files\/2015\/06\/eagle2.jpg\" width=\"685\" height=\"548\" \/><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"moose leg\" alt=\"moose leg\" src=\"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/alaska2015\/files\/2015\/06\/MooseLeg1.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">We stopped at the Braeburn Lodge to look around. The most interesting thing there were 3 sled dogs, chewing on moose legs.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"MooseLeg2.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/alaska2015\/files\/2015\/06\/MooseLeg2.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"magpie\" alt=\"magpie\" src=\"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/alaska2015\/files\/2015\/06\/MooseLeg3.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"597\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">There were also ravens and magpies hanging around, hoping to sneak some scraps.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"cafeteria line\" alt=\"cafeteria line\" src=\"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/alaska2015\/files\/2015\/06\/MooseCreek1.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lunch was at the Moose Creek Lodge, prepared by First Nation (Canada&#8217;s name for what we call Native Americans) people, and served cafeteria style. It was a generous meal of fruit, salad, bread, soup, and dessert.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"MooseCreek2.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/alaska2015\/files\/2015\/06\/MooseCreek2.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"mosquito\" alt=\"mosquito\" src=\"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/alaska2015\/files\/2015\/06\/mosquito.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">There were a few mosquitoes in the area. I got a bite, but it healed after half an hour.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/alaska2015\/files\/2015\/06\/nap.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Back on the bus, it was a boring stretch of road, and combined with the heavy lunch, many people took a nap.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We arrived in Dawson at about 5 pm. There were sporadic drops of rain falling. When we got to our room, we found that two other friends from the tour, Bill and Donna Whiteus, were already there &#8211; we all had keys for room 248. We settled the matter at the front desk by taking 246.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"dyke\" alt=\"dyke\" src=\"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/alaska2015\/files\/2015\/06\/levee.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Steve, Jackie, Merrianne, and I walked around town, then had dinner at Sourdough Joe&#8217;s. We walked the dyke (the Canadian name for levee) on the Yukon River for a while.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"9th street trail\" alt=\"9th street trail\" src=\"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/alaska2015\/files\/2015\/06\/trail.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">We also strolled onto the 9th street trail.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"library box\" alt=\"library box\" src=\"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/alaska2015\/files\/2015\/06\/library1.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Near the entrance to the trail, was a library box.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"library2.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/alaska2015\/files\/2015\/06\/library2.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 1, 2015. This morning, I woke up at 3:20 am. It was already light. I put my bag out for the handlers to pick up, then went back to sleep for another 2 hours. We arrived in Dawson at about 5 pm. There were sporadic drops of rain falling. 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