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The Alaska Highway
We left Watson Lake at around 9am and headed east on the Alaska Highway. About 40km from Watson Lake we arrived at Contact Creek, so named as this was the place where the soldiers building the Alaska Highway from the south and those building from the north made contact. This was a relatively small place but worth a brief visit. Our next stop was at …
Our route to Nirvana, or at least Fort Nelson
The wildlife scenery has improved suddenly, as we cruise the Alaska Highway towards Fort Nelson. This black bear is a harbinger of amazing sights to come, and the non-living scenery wasn't bad either. The snow starts to fall about the time we pull into our parking space at the Super 8, and the forecast is a bit gloomy. The kids are excited about …
Aufregende 950 km
... pur. Das Wasser hat um die 40 °C und riecht nur minimal nach Schwefel. Die oberen Wasserschichten sind teilweise richtig heiß, aber man gewöhnt sich schnell dran, und möchte am liebsten gar nicht mehr aus dem Wasser. Wir sind auch bestimmt über eine Stunde drin geblieben... bis die Hände runzelig waren. Dann kam ein neuer schwerer Teil der Badeaktion - der Weg vom Wasser in die Klamotten. Aber Widererwarten war das überhaupt nicht kalt. Man ist so ...
Day 5 - Fort Nelson
... all the messages scattered profusely around the Parks are about bears -- no leaflets on angry bison... Look him in the eye? No, don't look at him, just grovel. But I can't, I am on a motorbike. How quickly can I start the engine, shut down my helmet, put away my camera, put it in gear and roar off ?? I could feel those curved horns punching into my kidneys... Maybe if I put the bike between me and it... no chance... then I remembered ...
Liard Hot Springs
... sure see how the moose would love this place warm feet and goodfood all in one place. Did you know there are hot water fish? "There are Lake Chub in the pools surrounding the hot springs, which were isolated from others of there kind thousands of years ago. This unusual population has adapted to life in the hot springs where they feed on plankton, invertebrates and algae." Afterwards we took the boardwalk a few more meters up from the main pool. Climbed some stairs to a look out ...