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Dawson City, Yukon, Canada
June 22, 2002

 

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Between Whitehorse and Dawson City is a place with dinner plate sized cinnamon buns. If you eat one of these you'll have big buns. The plastic cutlery only enhances the experience.
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1972 or 2002? Camping in Dawson City at the Gold Rush campground. Notice is now 10:34pm.
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Classic mountain man, with his Coleman stove and caeser cocktail.
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Ms. Cool near 11pm on June 21st, the longest day of the year.
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Mr. Cool eating an outdoor salad at 11pm. "Real men don't wear sunscreen," he says to Dot.
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Paul laughs in the face of the (almost) midnight sun.
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Dawson City, the historic Yukon gold rush town near midnight...paragliders flying about.
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On top of the Dawson City "Dome" mountain. View of the valley below and still some daylight. The moon and the sun are jockeying for position at 1:15am.
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Up on the Dome, these hipsters are kicking around a hackey sack Yukon-style, it's soaked in gas and is on fire. Just one of many entertainments on solstice 2002 night.
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It's starter to get lighter already...no wonder, it's 1:32am!
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A cold wind came out of nowhere and forced Dot to where all her warm clothes.
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Flowers singing for more sun at 2:27am.
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Have we shown you our campervan yet? We'll, it's not in this picture. (ours could fit in this guys trailer)
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Here's our lovely campervan. The cute one, not the big beast in the background.
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Dawson City log cabins for travellers without groovy campervans.
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Diamond Tooth Gerties, the first legal casino in Canada opened in Dawson City many years ago. They have a fun floor show and gambling proceeds help to restore the town.
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In 1898 Dawson City was the biggest city west of Winnipeg and north of San Francisco. Some of the buildings need a little repair.
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Dawson City private home.
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Another private Dawson City home. A log cabin that has been upgraded to the 21st century.
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I'm groooovy and it's 10:42pm.
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We used the "pop top" area of our campervan for a pantry. We named the van "Poppy".
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Dancing girls in Diamond Tooth Gerties in Dawson City. Part of the floor show. They were the tops, but not topless!
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Paul getting a street veggie-dog at 1:05am in Dawson City. Mmmmm, veggie-dog!
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Our fabulous campground neighbors from California, Mike and his nephew Ben. Mike is an inspiration to us all, he would have stayed longer but he had to hurry home to take vacation.
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Third Avenue in Dawson City. The Westminster Hotel is over 100 years old. The colors keep you happy 24 hours a day, especially in the winter when the sun doesn't shine.
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Paul and "Poppy".
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Palace Grand Theatre, restored to all it's gold rush glory.
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Really, Paul is falling down. The buildings are holding him up...honest.