Day 10 and 11 D/A Adventure

The Triple G campground was the first private campground we have stayed at on the journey. We kind of got in early and then we did our laundry and just sat around. We watched as so many people started coming off of the road and the campground filled up. We walked around and ended up talking with some other people all making the same pilgrimage as us. The next morning was kind of funny because bright and early you could hear people packing up and hitting the road. We got moving ourselves and fueled up again. All day long we would pass people at pull outs and go "They were in the campground". So it was like an unofficial group all heading the same direction. I mean there is only one road. How could we not?

The first 20 miles out of Ft. Nelson the road was in great shape. After that it narrows and the speed gets slower because you enter the mountains. They were also doing some road repair which just meant they were dumping gravel on the road. We were lucky getting through that section without losing a windshield.

We stopped along the road at the Tetsa River lodge for a cinnamon bun. They say that they are the cinnamon bun center of the galactic cluster. With a name like that we just had to try it. They were right. They were awesome. We had gotten one to go and then realized it was warm so we ate it right away. 

We saw these billy goat looking things.

We also this cow looking thing.

Our plan for the day was to stop at Muncho Lake Provincial Park for the night. It wasn't far from Ft. Nelson so we got there early. It was cloudy and cool so we decided to move on.

I don't know if this lake is fed by glacial water but it kind of had that hue to it. As we were driving along we would see where all of this rock has been washed out of the mountains. 

It was fascinating. Plan B was going to be a Provincial Park farther down the road. The Liard Hotsprings Provincial Park. They take reservations at that one which we didn't know and the campground was full. So on we went.

More cow looking things.

We saw people camping in some pullouts so we were looking for one of those. They are free and we wanted to see how comfortable we would be with that. We found the Liard River rapids pull out and found a little spot that we could tuck ourselves into.

It was fine there. Two other campers were using that pull out also. We walked down to the rapids and that was spectacular.

The river splits into 3 different channels at this point.

"Tango, my cellular phone doesn't work here. I don't like it."

We were glad that we found this little spot. We pretty much had it all to ourselves.

Critter count-3 stone sheep, 2 black bear, 1 moose, 1 whitetail deer and about 50 wood bison.

After a peaceful night we drove to our next stop. Watson Lake up in the Yukon!

 

Watson Lake is known for its sign post forest. Started by a lonely G.I. in 1942, it has grown to over 88,000 signs.

People started posting their own signs and it has grown and grown. People use almost anything and nail it up there. There were frisbees, shoes, tupperware lids, almost anything they could find. If you are up here, look for ours. I bet you can't find it, and if you do I will buy you a beer. Just not in Canada because I can't afford Canadian beer. $45 a case, really? Something else I can't afford. Propane. I paid $9 in Shelby, MT for a 20 lb. tank. It was $26 here. Also diesel. I just did the math and we filled up at $5.33 a gallon. The farther north you get the more it costs. Yikes. But the amazing scenery is worth it! It's also getting us ready for California and Disney prices.

We left the town of Watson Lake and drove out to Watson Lake to a government campground. $12 is more to our liking. Free firewood here also. Gotta love that. 

We are making our way north a little faster than we thought we would so we are looking into some side trips coming up. So stay tuned for that.

This is a picture of Watson Lake. Everyday we are threatened by hit and miss showers. Usually they don't miss though.

Critter count-2 wood bison and 2 porkypines(porcupines).

Now I just want to leave you with a couple of photos of how it feels for us to be up here on this trip.

"Gladys! I feel like the Joker. I can't stop smiling."

I am just going to post these as I can because cell service is very spotty now. I have a chromebook and you can't even just type a document without some kind of internet service. Our Wifi Jetpack doesn't work in Canada so I have to use my phone as a Wifi hotspot for my computer. It works so far as long as we have cell service.