Gold Field Tour

Sunday, May 5th we actually saw the sun for a good part of the day, and the snow banks on the deck and roadways diminished noticeably.  Dawn, a native driver, told us to watch a certain valley on the side of the mountain.  When the snow is gone from there the river will break up.  

I went for a walk around 3:00 pm and then Janet and I went for a long walk at 5:00.  It is hard to realize the time because at 9:20 pm  the sun was still quite high in the sky.  We must be clock watchers all the time or it is midnight before we know it.

Janet, Paul & Denise at King Solomon's Dome

Monday, May 6th we met at the office for 10:00 am and began rearranging the office partitions etc. around 11:00.  Broke for lunch at 12:30 and all the managers had to be back by 1:00 for a conference call which didn’t come thru until 1:30.  I was asked to be back at 3:00 pm.  My job was to vacuum the office as things were moved out.  Around 4:00 Saralee said she needed two more jeeps.  I went with Scott and Denise to get them.  I liked driving the jeep.  Around 4:30 Paul & Scott took off in one jeep and Denise, Janet, Nikki and I took the other to see how the  jeep tour roads were thru the gold fields.  I wished I had been in the front seat but I was glad Denise was driving because there were some spots that were a bit hairy.  Soft shoulders and deep gorges!  She is a fantastic driver.  She is also in charge of the raft tours.  It will be a day or two (maybe week or two) before  guests would be turned out upon those roads.  WE got back to town at 6:45 pm.

Jeeps we took on Gold Field Tour

On the jeep tours, the guide is by himself in the lead jeep and guests drive their own jeeps, usually four to a jeep.  It was fun, I got a few pictures but most were out of the back window as we were driving by.  Paul said they would take Gord and I and do some stopping at the old sites, and we could probably go to places that are not on the tour.

Nikki, Janet, Paul, Scott & Denise at King Solomon's Dome

Tuesday morning was not as bright and sunny as Monday morning, but each day a bit more of the snow is disappearing.  The ice bridge across the Yukon River still has a bit of traffic on it.  We met at the office again this morning at 10:00 am.  Scott, Denise, Nikki and I were sent to the Visitors Centre to watch the videos on Dawson City gold rush.  I was then sent home to go through the six large bins containing uniforms, to itemize them as well as checking on the used ones to make sure they were decent.  

Our Gold Field Tour Driver Denise

I was to be back to the office by 2:00 pm as we were going to the Museum.  As it turned out, Gordon arrived at the office and he was headed to the house.  Saralee sent Scott and Paul to help Gordon unload the freezer.  I just stayed home and helped Gordon a bit but mostly I went through bins.  Completed five of them.  The last one will have to wait until we get home from Skagway on the 12th.

Gordon’s training went exceptionally well.  He is really excited about the tours.  Looking good! 

Our first day of training is 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Wednesday, May 8.  Thursday we go back to Whitehorse for training there and in Skagway May 10 - 12.  We then return to Dawson on Sunday.  Just my luck the river will go out while we are away.

Gold Field Tour

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Janet, Paul & Denise at King Solomon's Dome