Our Alaskan adventure takes us into the heart of gold fever country from the Klondike in Yukon territory to Cripple Creek, the richest little creek in Alaska. We learn about the steep ice stairs of Chilkoot Pass where miners hauled up loads of grubsteak (each man with a year’s worth of food). Only a few struck it rich while most were flat broke within a year or two.
We tour Fairbank’s Gold Dredge #8 and pan for gold. Between the two of us, we share sweet $16 worth of gold flecks (and spend it on a $24 souvenir charm/magnet to display the flakes). Nothing new under the sun! They can keep their gold nuggets while I bask in the allure of silver…
silver rain puddles
flow in rivulets, cascade
to moon-mirror lake
Linking to dVerse where Frank Tassone hosts haibuns 🙂
a poem in my pocket 
Aug 08, 2025 @ 19:34:39
Beautiful haiku, Lynn!
Aug 09, 2025 @ 07:59:16
Thank you, Sara!
Aug 08, 2025 @ 12:38:38
I love your conclusion!
Aug 09, 2025 @ 07:58:45
Glad you agree, Rosemary 😊
Aug 05, 2025 @ 16:43:36
Your haibun made me smile, Lynn!
Aug 05, 2025 @ 22:31:05
Yay 😀
Aug 05, 2025 @ 13:39:51
Oh the lure of gold…. it was the really the shopkeepers, brothels and hotels that really struck gold.
Aug 05, 2025 @ 22:30:27
You are right about that, Bjorn!
Aug 05, 2025 @ 08:00:10
I went to Alaska to see the area around Glacier Bay, it is such a beautiful and vast place. I love the detail of your prose and the haiku language is wonderful.
Aug 05, 2025 @ 22:29:39
I’m glad you liked my haibun, Anna 🙂 Glaciers are amazing!
Aug 05, 2025 @ 06:57:16
Lovely!!!!
Aug 05, 2025 @ 22:31:43
Thank you, Dawn 🙂
Aug 05, 2025 @ 04:57:53
I always enjoy haibun that teach me something new about a part of the world I’ve not visited, Lynn, and I love the details in this one. I couldn’t help myself humming Neil Young’s song, ‘Cripple Creek Ferry’, but I believe that’s about the one in Colorado.
Aug 05, 2025 @ 22:28:16
Glad you stopped by with a song, Kim! I’m familiar with Cripple Creek, Colorado as well.
Aug 04, 2025 @ 22:09:40
Well done. I like the idea of Natural Silver being more than silver.
Aug 05, 2025 @ 22:26:47
Thanks, Dwight!
Aug 05, 2025 @ 23:08:14
You are welcome!