Day 15 – Second Day of the Chilkoot Trail
We had another roaring fire this morning. Excellent – no white-gas needed to power our cook stove! We first headed to the Canon City ruins, a scattering of century old remanents of the 1898 Klondike Gold Rush. We took a suspension bridge to get there.
The trail to Sheep’s Camp was nice. There were occasional patches of ice and snow on the trail, but it was pretty clear. The scenery was nice and we even saw a coyote.
Sheep’s Camp wasn’t quite so developed as the Canyon City camp. There wasn’t enough wood stocked, but there was an axe. I got to work chopping the uncovered wood, that had been sitting outside for the preceding fall, winter, and now spring. It wasn’t rotten, but it was far from perfectly dry. Our fires at Sheep’s Camp lived, but always struggled.
Sheep’s Camp is also right by the river, giving us an easy source of water. We again set up the tent in the cabin to get away from the mosquitos.
| Published on May 3rd, 2011 | | Posted by admin |