North to Alaska, The Rush is On!!!
We traveled to a Gold Mine on day four and panned for gold. We started our ride to the mine on a small train with Earl Hughes (a local country music singer) entertaining us. We helped him sing a Johnny Horton song entitled, North to Alaska. After panning for gold we had it weighed. Cindy's is worth over $14.00 and mine was worth a little over $11.00. Russ had the largest amount worth a little over $19.00. Oh well....I don't think you could say that any of us struck it rich!!!
We also visited the Alaska Pipeline and learned how a "pig" is used to clean the line. Our next stop was the riverboat discovery. Before loading the boat, Cindy was able to talk with Lance Mackey, a four time Iditarod winner. He has also won the Yukon Quest at least three times. He won both of them back-to-back two years in a row! See the great picture of Cindy, Lance, and his lead dog. The Riverboat Discovery took us to an native village where we learned about the Athabaskan Native Culture.
Awesome pictures! It looks like you had a wonderful time. What lens did you use for the close up of the wildlife?
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