Jack London Cabin and Museum

We decided to have lunch in Dawson City today and tried the Jack London Grill.  It was a very good meal, and it must have inspired us to visit the Jack London Cabin and Museum which we didn’t see while here in 2009.  We had an Alaska Toursaver coupon that admitted us on a two for the price of one deal saving us $5.00.  This photo is of the inside of the cabin which you can actually get to without going inside the museum.

The museum was inside an adjacent cabin and included many photos of life in the gold rush era when Jack London lived in Dawson City.  It was interesting, but I don’t think we would have wanted to pay more than the discounted price.

It was still early in the day so we drove out by the Dawson City Airport and saw this unusual plane.  Ron…what kind of plane is this?

We waited around for a while to watch a Yukon Airlines plane take off.  It started down the runway, aborted for some reason, and returned to a location near the terminal building.  We took another short drive up Hunker Creek and returned to the airport in time to see another plane take off.

 

We’re obviously finding some strange things to occupy our time as we wait for the Top of the World Highway to open.  They are now predicting that it will open on Friday, but we’ll check tomorrow at the visitor’s center.  We’re ready to get to Alaska!  We did see 1 black bear today.

 

A Slow Day in Dawson City

Our planned trip on Sunday up the Dempster Highway is going to be a long day, so we decided to just hang out at the RV today.  We did some catch up work in the RV and some relaxing.  After watching the NASCAR race, we decided to go for a drive into town and up to Midnight Dome.  In town, we found the “drydock” location for the Klondike Spirit which is a paddle wheeler style that cruises the Yukon River during the tourist season.

We drove by the cabins of world famous writers.  The first one was the home of Robert Service.

 

And next was the cabin of Jack London.

This high cache for food storage is also on the property of Jack London’s cabin.

Tourists and locals in the area drive to the top of Midnight Dome to celebrate the midnight sun and a fantastic view of the Klondike.

Here’s a view of our campground from the Dome.  Our motorhome is just a small white speck to the right of a power pole and backed up to the highway above the lower large blue building.

This bench sits at the highest point on the dome.

This is just a small portion of Dawson City as seen from the top.

And here is a spectacular view of the Yukon River.

 

And that’s the end of another great day of our Alaska adventure.