May 22nd - Tues - to Liard Hot Springs
There were only a couple of towns in B.C. that got snow last night and Fort Nelson was one of them!! Took our time leaving to let the snow melt off the roads. When we got on the road, there was not a cloud in the sky - beautiful!
We forgot to put more water in the 5th wheel so we stayed in a private RV park across the road from the Hot Springs. It is so early in the season for them that their sani-dump was still frozen and unusable. We drove through the provincial campsite - the spaces are large and mostly angled so you can park a big rig without problems. Would definitely stay there if we were up that way again.
Really enjoyed the hot springs. We got there late so the attendant said we could use the hot springs tomorrow without paying again.
Wildlife Watch: 1 moose; 6 cariboo; 1 deer; 20 Stone sheep
May 23rd - Wed - Liard Hot Springs to Watson Lake
Went for a soak in the hot springs before I made a nice breakfast. We met a nice couple in the park (Milo & Marie) but they are going to Skagway first so we won’t see them again unless we cross paths somewhere down the road.
Another lovely, sunny day. The scenery is wonderful, always changing. Only about 150 miles to Watson Lake so an easy driving day.
We checked out the info center and the Signpost Forest before we checked into an RV park. It is a gravel park in the middle of town and there was one rig in it when we drove past coming into town. When we got in about 3, there were 3 other rigs. Then rigs started coming in steadily until about 6.
We needed a couple of grocery items and walked to the only grocery store in town. One look at the prices and we only bought what we had to have now. Hope the prices are a little lower in Whitehorse. At $8.00/lb, we won’t eat many baby back ribs!
We did not have a sign for the Signpost Forest but the RV office just happened to sell sign “blanks”. So we got out the Dremel that Terry had to take with us and made a sign. There are over 61,000 signs as of Sept 2006 - crazy place.
After a nice steak dinner on the barbeque, we went to the Northern Lights Centre (planetarium) and watched a 45 minute presentation - first on stars & the universe and then the northern lights.
The long daylight hours are starting to mess up our sleep clocks. Don’t feel like we should be going to bed at 10 when it is still full light out. On June 21st there will be 21 hours of daylight.
Wildlife Watch: many buffalo - one large herd with 8 calves, several singles or twos; 2 black bears; 1 grizzly with 2 cubs; 1 cariboo
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