Klondike Gold Rush

We were not sure what to do for our last day of our trip.  I learned about the Klondike Museum and thought it sounded interesting.

While walking from our parking spot (you have to pay to park anywhere in Seattle), we found Pioneer Square.  It is this cool park just out in the city.  It was a fun hang out place.

Hannah liked going through the tunnels.

Adam, with Nutella on his face, tried to jump rope.  It ended up being him and I each holding one end and taking turns being the leader.

After getting a little lost and asking a couple different people for directions we finally found the Klondike Gold Rush Museum.  I guess the main reason Seattle became such a huge well known city was because of this gold rush.  So it was interesting to learn more about it.

We got to step on the scale and find out how much we would be worth if we were made of gold.

The girls each got a pamphlet with a scavenger hunt of things to find in the museum.  I think this was the room that represented a store for all the supplies one would need for the harrowing journey. 

Along the way you could learn about some of the different people who got gold fever and rushed off to join the search.  Some of the stories were a little sad.

Whitney checks out the sluice.  I think that is what it is called.  We missed the demonstration but we still enjoyed seeing the equipment.

At the end of the museum there is a wheel you can spin to see if you would have been one of the lucky few to find gold or even to make it rich.  We all took turns and I am the only one who would have found anything - yay me!

My camera died immediately after taking this picture right before we headed out the door to drive back to Hermiston.  So that was fortuitous.  Thanks Frank and Janelle for letting us stay with you guys for a couple of days.  We enjoyed the waffles and the jokes.

It was such an awesome vacation.  Lots of fun family memories.