Life at the Klondike

I think I've mentioned that I'm interning at the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park in downtown Seattle/Pioneer Square. I'm actually here now, a great thing, when there's no one here I can just read or go on the internet! There is a large stack of books they want me to read to get educated on the Klondike Gold Rush. But that's totally ok, I love it in fact! Not all are as interesting as some, but it's history and I have from 9-5 every Saturday that I'm here to read, so it's pretty great. I just read a book called "Gold Rush Fever" by Barbara Greenwood. It was GREAT! I would recommend it to anyone who is even mildly interested in this subject. It was made for a younger crowd, so it was an easy read, had tons of pictures, was straight forward, factual and related it to life today. Gives applications to make the story of the Klondike Gold Rush more real to any one reading it. I enjoyed it. Y'all should check it out. In fact...you should come visit the museum! It's a pretty nice lifttle place we got here. I mean come on, you can see how much you would be worth if you were gold with this handy dandy weighing machine!! They also have short videos to watch (one of which I watched today!) and a tour of this area, which I went on today...that's something I'd like to do eventually, give tours of historical sites, I think that sounds quite thrilling! and one other thing the museum has on saturdays...me! I'm in the gift shop, so come visit!

Well, I think I'm gogint to start on another book now...maybe one that isn't aimed at elementary age kids. Nah, those are the good kinds. ;)