Watson Lake, Yukon Territory--al around June 5th

After I pulled My Dear Bride out of the Pool (a.k.a. hotsprings) we headed for Watson Lake, YT.  It was a little tense due to the gas situation, but--as it turned out--we didn't even come close to running out.  We still had 6 gallons in a 55 gallon tank.  See, nothing to worry about.  We got gas at Contact Creek, where the northbound road builders originally met the south bound.  Quite a crash when two big bulldozers ran into each other.  Actually (really?) what happen the south bound guy had trees being pushed down onto him so he backed up and found it was no longer a one way street.  Well, so much for history.

Speed bump

  



Where we had Stone Sheep last trip, today we had Wood Bison. (a.k.a. Buffalo)  We saw a few.

Sometimes in a herd and sometimes not.

 There seemed to be a lot of young ones.

And there is always the boss.

Always lots of water--Liard River, wetlands & ponds

Rivers were the first "highways", used by riverboats & more

The Liard River is the main one in this area and it seem to run pretty full.

Saw horses on and near the road.  Don't know if they were wild or not.  No harness.

And the black bear caught up to us.

And finally we are out of B.C.  (BTW:  If you think that B.C. stands for Britsh Columbia you're wrong.  It means Bring Cash.  We may look for a way to go around it on the way home in October.  (oh, no--he means August)

And of course there is construction.  Starts as soon as the road is clear and goes until the snow chases them off.

And here we are at Watson Lake.  The main attraction here is the Sign Forest.  Started in 1942 by a homesick GI painting his hometown on a piece of wood and nailing it to a post.  Now there are over 76,000 nutty people putting up sign for all over.  The town adds posts whenever all are full.

So we will add one more.  Pauline helped.  It was not level.

  Our fancy wood one is still in Grants Pass--so this had to do.

Work of Art

Overhead view of the sign forest.

Visitor Center model of building of the Alcan Hwy.

Visitor Centers are great places for model builders.

Here is our "campsite" at Watson Lake Downtown RV Park--good enough for a night's stay.

Now enjoy some views that we saw of the Northern Lights.  See you later.