Decided to take a couple of days off and head to Dawson City for the weekend for a festival called ThawDiGras.
I picked up my friend around 2 pm on Thursday and hit the road with a car packed with healthy snacks and more Jell-O shots than anyone over 30 should consume in a year, let alone a weekend!
We rolled into Dawson shortly after dinner time and stopped at some friend’s for a drink and to drop off some toiletries and a bag filled with McDonald’s cheeseburgers that were requested before we left Whitehorse.
Once we got to our hotel, we checked in and dropped off our things and another friend was looking to meet us out right away. The night gets blurry quickly but after some beverages, we parted ways and crashed for the evening.
Friday morning we woke up bright and early due to my dumbass forgetting to shut off my work alarm so there we were groggy and awake at 6:00 am. We picked up my friend who flew in that morning at 9:30 am – barely though,because 3.5 hours flew by very quickly.
I thought that night two we would have a little bit tamer of a night. Boy was I wrong. After a frigid walk around town, where I slipped on the ice and bit it btw, we had a few drinks out and then invited everyone to our hotel lobby to have Jell-O shots. We eventually met back up with friends and played charade. A 3rd place ribbon and a few poor decisions later and we went back to the hotel for the night. Not to sleep… to party.
Saturday was busy and we missed every event we tried to get to. We had martinis and a delicious Greek dinner then watched the fireworks and had some beverages in our hotel.
Sunday was colder outside. We were going to go dogsledding but it was too cold. After having breakfast and saying goodbye to everyone who didn’t stay Sunday night, we played some Chickenshit Bingo, watched a bit of tricycle races and visited with even more friends who live in Dawson! Our finale was strong and my recollection of all the events are fuzzy – if you know, you know so I won’t go into anymore details.
After breakfast on Monday and packing up my car, we bid our final goodbyes to our friends and to Dawson City after another successful visit with a plan to return again soon.
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