Day 7 – Dust to Dawson

Dawson is a great town, we were early but the streets were already lined with dual sport motorcycles.

Bikes starting to roll in for D2D

People up north are interesting, always have a lot of stories and willing to talk your ear off. They are also very innovative and problem solving with minimal resources. I saw a lot of northern innovation including this child transportation system (currently not transportation canada approved).

It was also the summer solstice, and there is a big party at the top of the dome. The only problem is after a few beers we didn’t want to ride up, so we hiked halfway and hitched the rest of the way to the top.

Once up top you can watch the sun circle the horizon, just barly going down before reappearing. Very cool.

Solstice – Darkest bit before the sun reappears

Yukon River

Before the solstice they got a big fire going and a few people dressed up. This guy actually wasn’t dressed up, Dan and I walked over to him and asked him if he knew who he reminded us of. He wasn’t too impressed and said ‘I know I know Zach Galifianakis, I get that all the time”

He was good enough to get a pic with us.