Yukon Territory, Canada May 24-28
Well, we are finally on the Alaska (Alcan) Highway! The first part goes through the vast farmland of the Peace Block, then gives way to aspen and pine trees giving the hills a green mottled effect. The Alcan skirts along beautiful Muncho Lake for several miles.
We spend one night at Ft. Nelson and walked to the Ft. Nelson Pioneer Museum beside our campground. Merl Brown, curator of the museum keeps most of the old vehicles in running condition. In 2008 he drove this 100 year old Buick to Whitehorse and back, a round trip of 618 miles, take 3 1/2 days each way.
We have seen a lot of wildlife along the road including this black bear and her 2 cubs, one being behind her.
Our next stop was at Liard Hotsprings Provincial Park. The hotsprings were fabulous, about 105 degrees! It was so nice that we went in the afternoon and again after supper! Slept good that night! A funny thing happened while we were there. One of the workers was running through the campground with a broom chasing 2 buffalo out of the park!
Next stop was the famous Watson Lake Sign Post Forest. It was started during WW II by a homesick soldier, Carl Lindley, when he put up a sign pointing toward his home town of Danville, IL. There are over 71,000 signs posted from all over the world, including one from Spirit Harley Davison in Pittsburgh, PA.
The Government Parks in Yukon are very nice, only $12 a night and this one had free firewood.
One in Whitehorse, we went to the Frantic Follies Review featuring Can-Can girls, music, and poetry by Robert Savage. It was an excellent show put on by all local talent. It was strange to walk outside at 10:00 PM and find the sun still shinning.
This is the world's largest weathervane located at the Whitehorse airport. This picture was taken on our way back to our campground at 10:30 PM. It is hard to make yourself go to bed when the sun is still shinning. And sunrise is around 4:15 am. Long, long days!!
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