Along the Alaskan Highway

Well, we are still migrating toward Alaska.  We have seen so many wonderful things so far, and the best is yet to come.  Since the last blog post, we have traveled from Dawson Creek to Whitehorse.  Tomorrow, we head north toward Dawson City and the Top of the World Highway. The border crossing into Alaska opened yesterday morning at 8, so we will be among the first across this year. Tomorrow is one of our first "new" adventures this trip. We are looking forward to this segment, going through Dawson City to Chicken, Alaska and on toward Tok, Alaska.

So, what have we done since our last post? We traveled from Dawson Creek to Liard Hot Springs.  From there, we went to Watson Lake and the Sign Forest and then through heavy snow squalls into Whitehorse, Yukon Territories. We skipped our trip to Fort Liard in the Northwest Territories because we didn't feel we would see enough to justify a several hundred mile side trip.

So, here is the last segment of our journey in pictures.

This is the Pomeroy Rec Center in Fort St. John.  It has two Olympic hockey rinks on the first floor, a speed skating oval on the second floor and a walking track on the third floor.

And, more black bears along the way.  We have yet to see any grizzly bears since Yellowstone.

We spent one night boondocking at a roadside pulloff.  Had a gorgeous sunset and view.

Stopped at Tetsa RV for their cinnamon rolls.  They were yummy. (Moderation is key.)

It was cloudy when we went through Mucho Lake.  It was a beautiful turquoise color that didn't come out in the pictures.

Our next stop was at Liard Hot Springs, BC.  The hot springs are $10/person Canadian (or about $7.50), but if you camp at the Provincial Park, it's $26/night including unlimited access to the hot springs.

The sites were very secluded.  Despite the heavy foliage, we still got StarLink reception. We spent three nights relaxing before heading toward Watson Lake.

We all got to enjoy several good soaks.  The water is very clear and hot.  A slight sulfur smell, but not bad.

One of the animals that calls northern British Columbia home is the Woods Bison.  We saw quite a few along the way to Watson Lake.

Watson Lake is famous for the sign forest.  One of the GI's back in 1942 put up a sign with the distance to home and it has grown to over 90,000 signs now.

Make that 90,002 signs.  We also went to the Northern Lights Centre for two movies projected on the theatre ceiling and sides.  We were so early in the season that we got in for free.

While traveling from Watson Lake to Whitehorse, we went through several very heavy snow squalls.  While our friends and relatives are suffering through heat in the lower 48, we're running the furnace or heat pump every night.

Whitehorse is home to the world's largest wind vane - retired DC-3..It moves even in slight breezes.  While in Whitehorse we got to visit the Yukon Transportation Museum (the other side of the wind vane).

Here is a fixer upper bike for our son and son-in-law.  Wooden rims.

Who knew we were spelling Kayak wrong all of these years?  A seal skin 'yak.

That gets us up to date as we make the turn north toward Dawson City (different than Dawson Creek at the start of the Alaskan Highway). We are still 6 days out from Alaska. We will try and get another blog post in before we get to Alaska.