This town is a living museum. We loved it from the very start. Great atmosphere, well looked after and exudes character. We did the museum, toured a preserved paddle boat, did a walking tour, went to “Diamond Tooth Gertie’s” Gambling Hall for a burlesque show. The only thing we didnt do that most visitors do was a gold mine tour with gold panning. (Been there ... done that.). The sun was shining, the food was good, and all was right with the world!
This is our hotel. It’s in the centre of town away from the tour group hotels. Note the footpaths everywhere are “board walks”. The streets otherwise were unpaved.
Diamond Tooth Gertie’s gambling hall show was hilarious - not the show, but the audience was! A coach load of weary cruise patrons sat there glum faced for the most part: the show must have been part of the tour itinerary, but I think they just wanted to get back to their hotel to sleep! Alan & I were just about the only people getting into the swing of things, whistling and whooping at the appropriate times trying to make up for the lack of response from the rest of the crowd!
For most of the day and evening though we more or less had the town to ourselves. The big tours were off doing the gold-panning bit. Suited us down to the ground!
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