Watson Lake Hotel

We drove in a light rain all the way from Teslin, Yukon to Watson Lake which is just north of the border between the Yukon and British Columbia. It was 45 -48 degrees all the way. We had intended to drive to Fort Nelson, British Columbia today and get another almost 500 hundred miles behind us. We didn't really want to drive up into the high country in the rain and we also noticed though that our 5th wheel hitch was not sitting right. We decided to ...

... up much of the world's water as ice. Global sea levels dropped as much as 100 - 150 meters as a result, revealing the floor of the Bering Sea and creating a land connection between Alaska and Siberia. This land bridge was part of a larger unglaciated area called Beringia. Much excavation in the Yukon and Alaska has yielded excellent specimens of many of the animals including the Wooly Mammoth, the Musk Ox, the Short-face Bear and several varieties of sheep ...

We left Valdez Sunday morning in a beautiful rain and fog. Internet was unavailable in Valdez on Saturday for me to tell you were making our u-turn.
We spent Saturday hanging out at the hatchery where the salmon were coming in and the tide was way out. The eagle mom and pop were there along with one of the kids. As you can see by the sign, there were some bears in the area, but we did not find them. The Museums were ...

... can give you, it would be to take it slow. If you hit one of those moguls too fast, you’ll go airborne." He had broken the hitch on the back of his pick-up truck and it cost him $185/hour to have it fixed and the repair took 3 hours. He also said that he got his oil changed in Fairbanks and it cost $350 and that he couldn’t find a hamburger for less than $20!

After leaving the Sign Post Forest, we went to the ...

... it happened in 2004 and actually hindered the progress of the Gulfstreamers Caravan that visited Alaska during that year.

The only stop we made was at a roadside coffee shop to stretch our legs. It was only around 11:00 a.m., so we had some time to kill. We arrived in Watson Lake, where we are spending two nights at the Downtown RV Park, at about noon.

Watson Lake is our first stop in the Yukon Territory. It is a small town. I saw one ...

... gives you a chance to look at the scenery. Speaking of scenery, we entered the Cassiar Mountain Range about halfway through the trip, leaving the glaciers behind. On either side of the road, the spruce and aspens are dense and the wildflowers are a constant changing kaelidiscope of colors. With little snow, the mountaintops appear as towering giants of dense forests with bald heads.

After a brief stop in the very tiny ...

... months they can work on the highway. Since it is two lane, this almost always means stopping for a flag person who rotates between letting one side or the other through. In extreme cases, they have the flag person and also a pilot vehicle that leads the traffic from each side through the construction zone.

As we drove up today, we saw several buffalo grazing on the side of the road. I thought it would be hard to find animals, but in reality ...

... grizzlies. Rivers meandered in and out of the forest.




Summit Lake is the highest elevation on the Alaska Highway and Muncho Lake is touted as the most beautiful. As we crossed Summit Pass, the snow and ice covered the lower range of the bare rocky peaks. We saw stone sheep along the rock cuts high in the Rockies --- too far for ...

... at Kikanni Chief river. It was so beautiful. I asked the lady if she had internet, she smiled and said no. I later found out there wasn't any electric. The campground, gas pumps, everything was run by a generator. Day 7, Another beautiful day as we headed toward Fort Nelson, We stopped at "Trapper Den". It was 76 deg wehn we go to Fort Nelson. We went to a Heritage Museum. There was alot of Alaska Hwy Constuction equipment, vintage ...

... the area to see lots of animals!!! First was a buffalo with her calf, then our first herd of buffalo (about 35), and bear three times. It was like driving through an animal zoo! We'd stop to take a pictuire, start driving again, and there would be another animal. Of course, can't resist taking more pictures!

Crossed into the Yukon Territory and, of course ...