Watson Lake And The Land Of No Internet

Travel Day

• Muncho Lake, BC to Watson Lake, YT via BC 97 and YT 1 (The Alaska Highway)

As we left Munch Lake, Katherine took a couple of pictures of the Northern Rockies Lodge where we stayed last night. This is the front of the lodge.

This is the original lodge building, built in 1952.

Another shot of the front of the new lodge. built in 1995.

The landscape up here in the Northern Rockies is rough. The mountains may not be all that majestic, but they are rocky.

As we left, we pulled into the park next to Muncho Lake. This is a look at the lake from the park shoreline.

Can you see the two Stone Sheep in amongst the trees one the hillside? They were on the roadside but got spooked by the RV in front of us.

But just down the road there was a whole herd of Stone Sheep just beside the road.

We crossed the Liard River, the dividing line between the Northern Rockies and the Yukon mountains.

At Liard Hot Springs, there is a long boardwalk taking you from the parking lot to these amazing hot springs set in the woods. As a park, this area is not really developed, but the provincial government has done a good job making them accessible, including putting in change rooms, a deck, and stairs.

Yep, that's me. Yep, that's my wheelchair. Yep, I was there.

Katherine had a great time in the hot springs, starting in the warm pool downstream from the hot part.

She found a log and used it as a floatee.

Katherine as a Bond Girl, coming out of the hot pool.

Up the road from Liard Hot Springs, we came across these two guys.

Then we scared the hell out of this little black bear. He ran out onto the road, then had to dodge a semi coming from the other direction.

The Alaska Highway winds in and out of BC and the Yukon. The first time you enter the Yukon on the highway, this is the only greeting you get. It's an old sign put up by a  business that is now closed.

Just past that, we saw these two guys. There are a lot of Wood Buffalo along the highway in this stretch.

Having wandered back into BC from the first entry into the Yukon, this sign is on the highway as we entered the Yukon for the second time.

Our destination for the day, Watson Lake.

Watson Lake is home to the world famous Sign Post Forest. There are about 55,000 signs hung here.

And then there is Gertrude, one of several old pieces of equipment on display here. These machines were used to build the Alaska Highway in 1942.

Yep, that's Katherine. Yep, that's a Calgary sign. Nope, we didn't put it there.