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Why does one drive 200 miles in a motor home over a dirt road so rough that you cover the front of the RV with bubble wrap and your jeep with a car cover????

For one reason, it cuts 450 miles off the trip to Dawson City, but for the main reason, check out these vistas......

You also might be asking yourself what's the draw to travel so far for a small Canadian town that still has dirt roads. Dawson City was the site of the Alaskan Gold Rush of 1897 and still has many buildings from that era. That whole "young man going after his dream thing" is intriguing to Ron. What can I say?

There's still lots of gold here, evidenced by the abundance of gold-nugget jewelry sold everywhere. (I passed, by the way!)

Our big night on the town was spent in Diamond Tooth Gerties, a fine drinking establishment. It's named after one of the Klondike's most famous madams.

A TRUE STORY --- The lights are dimmed in Gerties. The curtains open and the show begins. The red-head playing Diamond Tooth Gertie is tall and busty, with a loud, earthy voice. She begins her song praising the charms of bald-headed men. She walks into the audience, picking out follicle-challenged men, rubbing their bald heads and sometimes planting a kiss on their shiny pates.

Ron is sinking lower and lower into his chair as she heads in his direction. He's sweating, he's turning red, he's wishing he was anywhere else in the world at that minute,(or had at least worn a hat,) and...............she mercifully glides past him to the bare noggin two tables back.

Ron now sits tall in his chair, secure in the knowledge that though receding he may be, bald he aint!!!!!

A 3-hr. boat ride on the Yukon River took us to Eagle, Alaska. This picture is from there and shows Eagle's only traffic light, which along with the gas tanks are being used as yard art.

With temperatures of 60 below zero during the Winter, Eagle has only 50 year-round residents.

I'm going to introduce you to two of them.

Meet Al, who moved to Eagle in 1975 so he could more easily smoke marijuana. :-)) He's been a forest fighter, a gold miner and a trapper. You just don't meet folks like this in Plano! (That's for you Becky).

This is our other new friend, Wes. He also lives in Eagle year-round and makes his living by trapping. These dogs are Malmutes, the closest animal to the wolves.

They get to be over 180 pounds and lead his dog sled over the winter. The only way to get around in the winter is by dog sled over the frozen Yukon River.