Whithorse and Tok

We, as always had a great time in Whitehorse. It is a nice town with everything in it. We awoke and discovered that we had nothing planned for the day, so we found a place that had rafting and gold panning. The raft turned out to be a little odd, two canoes put together with some 2x4's, and I was starting to think it was pretty lame, but then they hauled out the gold panning. What a blast. We had so much fun making fun of each other, and we found some gold! Mitch thought he had struck it rich, but it turns out the gold we found was so small as to be worthless. Mitch still thinks he has something, though.
That evening we went to a Salmon and Ribs place. The $200 meal was pretty good. We got buffalo steaks, elk stew and something else (cory). I had my eye on some rubarb pie, but the last piece got snatched up before I could get it. So we had some apple stuff which was OK.

The next day we took off for Tok, Alaska. The books all say this is the most beautiful part of the Alcan, but it was cloudy and rainy all day. In between the clouds we snapped a few pictures. Getting back to the states was great. No more funny money. Tok, even though small, was refreshingly American, and the Sourdough campground was the best so far. The owner, Ken, is a hoot. He runs a little comedy show at night with a pancake toss. If you can through a pancake into a bucket about 10 feet away, you get free breakfast. Mitch won and is now on the Pancake hall of fame! Check it out: Sourdough
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