Dancing girls in Dawson! Whitehorse and the mountains…

From the Top of the World road we began the long winding descent, catching sight occasionally of the Yukon river snaking far below. We eventually reached the river itself, but not on the Dawson City side, so took a ferry across in the blazing sunshine. We’re here till midnight, after which we do the nightContinue reading “Dancing girls in Dawson! Whitehorse and the mountains…”

North Pole, Chicken and the Top of the World

To go from the sublime of peaceful Chena Springs to the ridiculous, we stopped at The North Pole. Mmmm. A guy called Con (!) Miller who had already developed a reputation for playing Santa Claus to the Native children in Alaskan villages, moved his store from Fairbanks and renamed it Santa Claus House – atContinue reading “North Pole, Chicken and the Top of the World”