Today is the third straight day of travel out of 8 until we get a rest day in Edmonton. We traveled from Whitehorse to just outside Watson Lake, Yukon in a campground called Baby Nugget. We stayed here on the way to Alaska and thought it made a good base for one night. Before we left Whitehorse I wanted to do a little bit of shopping. First a ne...

Day 67 Watson Lake - Yukon A discussion held last night as to which route we will head for tomorrow because we have a choice from Watson Lake to take route 37 (the one we came up from Stewart,( remember Stewart , the first glacier photo and the bears on the road out.) or will we continue down the Alcan highway to Dawson Falls. It was decided to ...

Today's trip was to be a short one, at least compared with the rest of the trip. Only about a 2 and a half hour drive from Laird Hot Springs to just outside the town of Watson Lake. Since it was a short drive, Pooh and I decided to take another dip in the springs. Our campground was across the highway from the park. Once you got into the park, i...

Ihr habt sicher schon alle vom Schilderwald in Watson Lake gehoert, oder Photos gesehen. Das Ganze begann mit einem Soldaten der am Bau des Alcan ziemliches Heimweh verspuehrte, was man ihm nicht veruebeln kann, der war ja nicht freiwillig hier :-), und ein Schild mit der Meilenzahl zu seinem Wohnort aufstellte. So geschehen 1942 glaub ich. Seit...

What a totally different day yesterday was from the previous 3! It didn't just get more beautiful but wilder and more bizarre too. I FINALLY saw my first bear - a black bear. I also saw big horn sheep, buffalo, moose, deer, and a lynx that was crossing the highway in front of me. We stopped and stared at each other and then he ran off into the w...

May 14 - Left Choteau heading through Glacier National Park before getting there started to see burn areas then the whole forest had been burnt. Found out later the fire happened in June 2006. Fire up to St. Mary's and south, no fire inside where the roads were. Stopped at Visitor Center and checked things out. One loop of St. Mary campground wa...