It was still raining off and on this morning with temps in mid 50s. Nancy and I walked back to the hot springs to take some more photos of the area.
I think the swampy area made Yoda think he was back on his home planet.
Then we packed up and headed for Watson Lake in the Yukon Territory. The road was much better except for a few bumps until we got within about 5 miles of Watson Lake where there was a long gravel construction zone that was quite muddy so now our truck and camper are covered in mud. We saw lots of bison and several bears along the way. The terrain is in the foothills of the Rockies and looks much like
the Appalachians.
We reached Watson Lake about noon, ate lunch, checked our email and went exploring. Not much to see here as the population is less than 2,000. Watson Lake's claim to fame is the signpost forest supposedly begun when a homesick GI put up a sign to his home town when the road was built in WWII.
There are over 67,000 signs now from all over the world. There are road signs, t shirts, shoes, pie pans, bed pans and anything else people could find to make a sign out of.
Later in the afternoon a group from our caravan went over to put up our group sign.
Then as the old song says, " I put up my own little sign."
It is now 10:19PM and the sun is still shining. I have no idea when sunrise and sunset are since I have not seen darkness in about two weeks. I guess we are finally adjusting as it was nearly 6AM when we got up today.
Glad you made it to Liard Hot Springs, we loved it there. Love your bear shot today, what did you say to him? You win, Wow, that is alot of wood bison! The most we saw at one time was two.
ReplyDeleteWe didn't see any bears today, but we saw your rig stopped at the place that had pie & coffee for $5. I hope you enjoyed some pie for me! We are just outside of Whitehorse at Caribou RV Park. Nice and clean with great internet. Roads are good between Watson Lake & Whitehorse. We hit the Klondike Loop tomorrow and then up into the Arctic Circle on Tuesday.
ReplyDeleteThanks again for your help! Jeep bumper is still the same as it was after Eric got it fixed last night...so maybe the washer will work in the long run! Fingers crossed!!! Nice to meet you. Hope to meet up with a few other bloggers along the way!
It must be so surreal to only see daylight!
ReplyDeleteI can't believe how many bears and moose you've seen.
Could you send me a Yukon postcard?