The road got a little rougher with many gravel patches and a few frost heaves. At least the rain prevented the dust problems in the gravel areas that numerous signs warned us about.
The worst thing about today was paying $1.359 /liter ($5.22/gal) for gas at Toad River store. So our first experience with $4/gal gas was quickly eclipsed by $5+/gal gas. Our tour leader says gas at next stop will be back down to $1.06/liter. Hopefully it will be back to the $3 range when we get to Alaska.
We saw several animals today, caribou, a bear, moose, bison and deer.
We reached Liard Hotsprings about noon, ate lunch, took a nap and then went to the springs.
The spring water comes out of the ground boiling hot so you enter the water downstream then ease upstream until you can't stand it any hotter. We got within about 10 yards of the spring and had to stop. The hot water felt good after so many days of traveling. A local tradition is to pick up a rock from the bottom of the creek and drop it as close as you can to the source of the spring. There is a sizable pile of rocks at the opening but we did not add any to it.
For supper, the group leader made a big pot of chili which we all enjoyed. When we returned to the trailer after dinner I was met by a fellow blogger, Diana from Ill. Her blog, Celebrating 20, is one of the blogs I am following (see right side of page). She and her family are also on the way to Alaska. They were having trouble with the bumper coming off the Jeep they are towing so one of the guys in our group gave her some washers to help reattach it. Below are some more photos from the day.
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