June 22, 2010 We took a wonderful Riverboat tour on the Discovery II Sternwheeler through some of Alaskn history. We learned a lot about the Athabascan native tribe.
We saw some beautiful pelts, and a gorgeous coat made from the fur of several animals.
The pelts were hung to dry
Jack had his picture taken with one of the locals in the village....haha
We were fortunate to also see a float plane go through some maneuvers, stooped by Susan Butcher's place and saw her husband and daughter put the dogs through their routine. She won the iditarod race several times. But this time of year, they have the dogs pull a 4x4 wheeler for the exercise. Quite imp0ressive, as the dogs could hardly wait to get the 'go' signal from the trainer.
Fish camp was also very impressive. All the natives leave home during the fish season to work at fish camp, catching, cleaning, and drying lots of salmon.
June 28, We had a great time at the El Dorado Gold Mine. We boarded a train for a ride back through time in a mining camp. We entered a tunnel that took us underground to an active mine, where a narrator took us verbally through the process of gathering gold. Honey was very good at gold panning. Me, not so much....... but I was good at shopping to get it made into a neclace. Thanks, Honey.......
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