26 June: Day-19, Total-20; Miles-38, Total-675 - Chuck

Last night I pitched outside the cabin and Bill put his tent up inside the cabin due to the mosquitoes. The cabin was built by Dr. Lafever of Fairbanks who was active in state politics; his picture is on the wall.
It was a cool, breezy, rainy day, and actually a pretty good day to paddle. Everyday more creeks and rivers join the Yukon. Today we stopped at the junction with Charley River and I tried panning for gold. The water coming in this little side river is clear and cold, so we filled our water containers. I think I found a couple of very small gold flecks, this would not be a good way to make a living.

After checking the Slavin Roadhouse and Public use cabin, no one at either, we moved downstream a mile and pitched on an island with a good breeze. Nice camp. I had Italian pasta and rice, augmented with half an onion. Bill whipped up some banana nut dough bread and gave me a dollop for dessert.

As Tiph would say when we were camped on the Colorado Trail, "Life is Sweet".