July 12

Having a few minutes while Kathy is still sleeping I thought I would see if there are things that I need to get cleaned up around here. First for your information Martha I had a buffalo burger and Kathy had a hamburger at Chicken. Yes Dawn the minivan looked out of place in Dawson City, you really expected people to have their horses tied up in front of the stores. By the sounds we heard well into the morning at Dawson City the party at the near by saloon was straight out of the 1800's.

Today we will decide if we head toward Homer on the coast to go whale watching or into the interior to see Denali. With the weather forecast I'm leaning toward Homer as it is supposed to be cloudy and chances of rain for the next two days or so and if you're wet what difference does it make if you are on the water? Oh well, more info on this decision yet to come.

Now for your viewing pleasure some pictures that I haven't posted prior to today.

First is a picture of an iceberg taken from the ferry outside of Juno. It might not seem big from the picture but everyone knows that it's whats under the water that will get you.

Here is a picture of the 5 Fingers Rapids on the Dawson River. For those of you wanting to know the Dawson river runs north and empties into the Artic Ocean. It is a major watershed for Canada but not as large as the Mackenzie which empties into the ocean near where the Dawson does. The Mackenzie River is actually the third largest watershed after the Amazon and the Mississippi and it runs north. Just a little fun fact for you today.