Whitehorse to D2D to Chicken AK - With PIX

We left Whitehorse the morning of Wednesday, June 19th.  A good days run to Dawson City was impeded only by a flat tire going across a wooden bridge construction project 40 miles North of Whitehorse.  It took less than 30 minutes for me to locate, identify and plug the hole.

We arrived in Dawson City YT in the early afternoon.

After getting out of our gear we explored Dawson City afoot

 Supper was in the Eldorado Hotel followed by a Great "Parking Lot Social" with our Canadian FJR Friends

 and a few ADVRider buddies I had arranged rooms for at the Eldorado.  This photo was taken about 2200 (1000 PM)

Thursday morning Brian Maddy and I discovered a great spot for Coffee/Breakfast - a cute little French Canadian girl was the early morning Barista and we enjoyed breakfast and coffee the for the next three days.  PIX disappeared on me :(

We "Steamed Independently" Thursday afternoon, signing up for the D2D events and then exploring Dawson City. I went to several of the museums and then took a ride on the Princess up and down the Yukon River with Phil and Charlene.

The Blue Klondike River flows into the Grey/Tan Yukon River at Dawson City

Thursday evening we ate at the Tripple J hotel before attending the "Early Show" at "Diamond Tooth Gerties" Gambling Hall and Saloon.

Friday we had a late start, after coffee at the aforementioned Bistro we signed up for the D2D poker Run, a 60-70 mile jaunt through the Dawson City Mining District West of Dawson City on dirt and gravel roads. I was in the running for the first two cards, drawing two Aces, but couldn't find any love after that, Brian had three 10's but the winner had Four 6's.

One of the Poker Run Stops - it was hot and dusty the whole route

The D2D dinner was excellent, lots of SWAG was given away as door prizes, I won a Sheepskin seat cover from Alaskan Leather.

Hair Again - Gone Tomorrow!

After the dinner, we all participated in observing the "Biker Games" consisting of a slow race, a slalom, Blind Race, Baloon Toss and the famous or infamous "Weenie Bite"

At Midnight the "Group Photo" was taken

Damn Video won't load - it was daylight and there were a lot of bikes and people there, Trust Me!

Saturday morning we slept until 0700. Brian, Fred and I went for Coffee one last time but alas our cute little French Canadian girl had been replaced by the Bossy Barrista.

We left Dawson City by Ferry at 0900.  Motorcycles have "Head-of-the-line" privileges and we drove right onto the Ferry passing a line of 100 Cars, trucks and RVs all waiting to go to Alaska via the Top of the World Highway.

The TOTW was beautiful, the kind border agent let Brian Maddy back into the United States with a minimum of fuss.

Next stop was Chicken Alaska where we enjoyed a coffee prepared by Mary, a local Barista from Common Grounds Coffee Shop in Spearfish who has worked in Chicken AK for the past few summers.