CANOE RACES and MOTORCYCLE GAMES

The Winners - Whitehorse to Dawson City on the Yukon River

Blindfolded Motorcycle Race

Friday, June 26

It's no wonder that we were told that we needed at least three days in Dawson City.

We rounded out our day today by watching some great races. First, there was the Yukon River Quest which is a canoe and kayak race down the Yukon river from White Horse to Dawson City. We are planning to take two days to drive to Whitehorse. I don't know how many miles (kilometers) the race is but it is taking them up to three days. We saw the winners of the Voyager Class come in this afternoon. There are six men on the Voyager canoe. The two man canoes will come in later tonight or tomorrow.

Then we went to the Motorcycle games. Slow racing, the slowest one wins. Blindfold racing... guided (not very well) by the surrounding crowd yelling directions. It's actually more fun than it sounds on paper.