Alrighty everyone.

It's time for some new photos. i've posted photos from Chicken, and random photos of dawson (so you can actually see what this town looks like) and photos from kate's last night. yes, that's right. the first of our group has left for wilderness school in squamish. we went out on the 27th and did it up right - saw every show at the casino and hit every bar. then, we all saw her off to the bus station the next afternoon amid teary goodbyes. it's crazy to think it's august and that things are coming to a close...

so you know, the pink hotel called the "westminster" is the Pit (the local watering hole that i talk so much about.  most of the other buildings are pretty self explanatory in terms of their titles - if you've been paying attention to my sagas. i took a couple of really cool movie shots but for some reason i can't upload them... hmm.. i guess they'll have to wait til we're in person! things have been good lately. the music fest ended without a bang, and life continued. now, in a few weeks we're awaiting "discovery days" - apparently the anniversary of the discovery of gold. sounds like one big party - as if dawson didn't have enough. should be interesting. there was also Hip Hop night at the Downtown last friday, good for a laugh and hanging out if nothing else!

I'm also thoroughly enjoying living in town now. it's just really nice to be in the center of everything instead of living way across the river. nice to also not be living in a tent, but a warm and dry place. it's started to get really dark at night here - not til 1 or 2 in the morning is it super dark but it's definitely getting dark. jamie and i are both hoping to be able to catch some of the northern lights before we go - it would be a shame to be all this way north and not see them at all. Other than that, it's about 3 weeks til we depart and leave the bubble known as Dawson City. i really wish my school program was only 8 months so that i could come back next summer - or maybe i just wish i'd discovered this place sooner. it feels strange to leave, and as much as i'm looking forward to coming back, i'm going to miss it here. the "Spell of the Yukon" is definitely not a myth and definitely grabs you... Consider moving here? maybe... maybe whitehorse... who knows!

My next mission is to get more photos of Dawson. i see myself trying to be highly motivated - i'm going to take my friend's bike and ride around Dawson and get all the photos i missed. A bunch of us are going on a canoe trip tomorrow as well, down the Klondike river and then feeding into the Yukon river. should be a good time - pray we don't capsize!

Anyway, enjoy the photos and more will be up soon! i still have to get one of me and jamie - our old time photos scanned and posted. perhaps tomorrow?

Til then,

Susan