We reached the end of our journey in Nome, self-styled "Gateway to Alaska". It was a sunny but freezing cold morning, and it was so strange to see streets, houses, cars and people!
Statues of miners panning for gold
Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is a 1,049 mile wilderness trek
Lots of churches
Lots of dead cars - nothing rots here
"Nome is the most famous gold rush town in Alaska—home of the last great gold stampede in the history of the American West. In the early 1900s, Nome drew people to its shores from all over the world. They are still coming today." Nome City website