"We wear our sunglasses at night"

Dawson City, our destination and home for the last 2 weeks. How to describe this place?

Let's see, as i'm walking down the dirt roads watching leash-less dogs chase each other and ravens pick the boardwalks clean of scraps i feel that i should be packing a pair of six shooters on my hip just in case some lousy pilgrim wants to start something at the saloon. It's like being in an old western film, or at least on set during the filming of one but all the lousy pilgrims are friendly faces saying hi and the saloon is, well, a saloon. We have been living quite literally 'in our van, down by the river', just a five minute ferry ride away from town. There is a beautiful camp ground there where we've managed to strike a deal to work for our stay, at least for the time being; our challenge to live rent free for the summer is on track!
The tourist season has definitely started in these parts and it makes for an interesting mix of daily events, just the other day we watched as a shining clean coach bus pack full of German's and telephoto lens' loaded off the ferry next to an old beat up pick-up with an anxious pack of six sled dogs in the back. Speaking of sled dogs it's our pleasure to announce that we are the proud new caretakers of a little black Alaskan Husky named Bukowski (like the author) or "Buks" for short. He adores Lauren and runs away on Don but we're working on that. Our days are starting to fill up with work shifts here and there, between the two of us we're life-guarding, nannying, truck unloading, house-keeping and camp site cleaning. All that keeps us busy when we're not dog walking, campfire cooking, dog chasing, socializing with sweet new friends, lost dog finding and soaking up the suns rays 22 hour a day. From Left: Jan, Dana, Jess, Claire, Rachel, Lauren (small portion of Dawson's Montreal Community).

Introducing Dan Smeby! Our resident soil sampler!

The Eldorado Hotel: Where Lauren plays Maid

Just another sidewalk, that makes for a little extra bounce in every step.

Local watering hole: Our friends who live 'Upstairs'. Spend many-a- day people watching from their windows. From Left: Rachel, Madeline, and Celyn

Lastly these days most popular activity. Finding broken bikes at the 'free store' then fixing them enough to ride around town. From Left: Celyn, and Rachel.

Not afraid to say, we definitely wear our sunglasses at night. We'll be sure to continue to keep you up to date on any adventures, or at least mildly entertained with more silly videos as the days go.

Thanks for reading. Until next time.