North to Alaska … Day 20 – Saturday 5/22/10 @ Dawson City, YT

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Dawson City Yukon Territory walking tour gave us a great perspective of Dawson City.  We were fortunate to be part of the first tour of the year.  A visit in May before all the normal tourist traffic does have it’s advantages.  One of the disadvantages is that not everything is open yet.

Midnight Dome offers a tremendous vantage point overlooking Dawson City, the Yukon Valley and the Klondike Valley. It gets its name from the fact that the sun barely sets in the summer time.

Midnight Dome

Paragliding is a recreational and competitive flying sport. A paraglider is a free-flying, foot-launched aircraft.   The pilot sits in a harness suspended below a fabric wing, whose shape is formed by its suspension lines and the pressure of air entering vents in the front of the wing.

The Diamond Tooth Gerties Show is replete with cancan dancers and a singing master of ceremonies named Gertie, Canada’s oldest gambling hall gives you a chance to re-live the heady days of Dawson’s Gold Rush era. With three nightly shows by Gertie and her Gertie Girls, Diamond Tooth Gertie’s is today a fixture of fun-filled entertainment where patrons can enjoy a beverage while playing blackjack, roulette, Texas Hold’em poker and an array of glittering slot machines.

Diamond Tooth Gerties Show

  1. Guy
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    Looks like you guy’s are having a great time – I truly envy you two and hope to be able to do a trip like this or even a fraction of your trip some day.

    Have a great time………………………..

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