On the shores of the mighty Yukon sits Dawson City, Canada. Dawson was at the heart of the Klondike gold rush.
In 1896, when Skookum Jim and his pals discovered gold in Bonanza Creek, they set off a massive stampede of would be miners who flocked to this area to strike it rich.
By 1904, heavy equipment such as dredges, were being used to strip the river of it’s gold. Bonanza Creek turned out to be one of the richest creeks in one of the richest gold fields in the world. 
Although large dredges are no longer used, gold mining operations, both large and small, are still the main focus of this town.
The sides of the streets are piled high with tailings, for miles on end.
The town itself has retained it’s old world feel, with colorful storefronts, dirt roads and elevated boardwalks.
I have decided to invest in some weather predicting hardware. The weather forecasters up here are just as accurate as their counterparts further south. This summer has been one of the wettest on record, and we’ve spent a lot of time trying to reach areas where the sun was supposed to be shining, only to find more gray skies and downpours- so I am going to start using a Weather Rock.
If it’s wet- its raining, if it’s white-it’s snowing, if it’s warm-its sunny, if it’s gone-it’s windy.
The weather rock is probably about as accurate as any forecast you'll ever hear on the radio or TV.
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ReplyDeleteLove the weather rock, but sorry to hear it was so wet up there. It sure seems like you saw a lot, it spite of it.
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