We woke up to a cloudy day but only an occasional drizzle of rain. Two good things about that, Bill did not have to drive with the sun glaring in his eyes and I didn’t have to try and take pictures between the windshield wiper’s swipe. LOL. We cannot complain one bit, most of the days have been absolutely gorgeous and all of them have been great!!
WATSON LAKE
We decided to go back to the Sign Forest as it had been raining pretty hard the night before when we were there. We wanted to take some better pictures and look for the one Bill & Kathy had put up when they were in Watson Lake in 2006. We went up and down the rows and rows of signs, thought we had been through them all but did not find their sign. It takes quite a while to look at 61,000 signs. Bill thinks it may have fallen down and was discarded. I hope it’s still there and someday we will be back and have more time to devote to the “sign search”. We did take pictures of where we placed this one so hopefully that will help us with the search for ours. LOL.
OUR SIGN IN THE FOREST -- MAYBE WE WILL BE ABLE TO FIND IT AGAIN IF GIVEN THE CHANCE!!
THIS IS THE DEPARTMENT STORE IN WATSON....BILL AND I HAD A GOOD LAUGH AT THE SIZE....IT WAS INTERESTING....WE BOUGHT WHAT WE NEEDED TO MAKE OUR SIGN FROM THERE.
We were the second to the last to leave the park and of course the last ones to make it to Teslin. We made several “sightseeing” stops along the way to take pictures and just drink in the view. Seriously you could stand in one place and turn around in a circle and see another amazing view. Total 360 degree panoramic view. Of course you can get dizzy real fast that way!! You just can’t take it all in. Bill kept telling me to put the camera down, to give up trying to capture it. He wanted me to just sit back and absorb it all. I had to remove the battery from the camera (needed charged of course) in order to stop myself from picking it up and trying once again to “capture” it to share with all of you. You can’t blame a girl for trying!!
THIS IS THE DEPARTMENT STORE IN WATSON....BILL AND I HAD A GOOD LAUGH AT THE SIZE....IT WAS INTERESTING....WE BOUGHT WHAT WE NEEDED TO MAKE OUR SIGN FROM THERE.
We were the second to the last to leave the park and of course the last ones to make it to Teslin. We made several “sightseeing” stops along the way to take pictures and just drink in the view. Seriously you could stand in one place and turn around in a circle and see another amazing view. Total 360 degree panoramic view. Of course you can get dizzy real fast that way!! You just can’t take it all in. Bill kept telling me to put the camera down, to give up trying to capture it. He wanted me to just sit back and absorb it all. I had to remove the battery from the camera (needed charged of course) in order to stop myself from picking it up and trying once again to “capture” it to share with all of you. You can’t blame a girl for trying!!
We came upon the Cassiar Mountains. Amazing! We stopped at Rancheria River to take a photo shoot. It is incredible how much better the pictures turn out when you are not moving – taking them while riding in the motorhome is a challenge. We have a “Milepost” book that tells you every interesting fact, photo ops and attractions each mile of the way. It also tells you where the next food, rest area and gas stops are. The gas stops are especially helpful as they are few and far between. The “Milepost” advised that the Rancherria Recreation Site had a nice 10 minute walk (friendly to the physically challenged --- well that would be me! LOL) with waterfalls at the end. Well I’m all about the “easy” trails and waterfalls. Bill was not real enthusiastic about stopping, by that time he was ready to keep trekking. But he kindly stopped and it was Wonderful!!! He took pictures and a couple of videos. Only problem with the videos is they are sideways. For those of you looking at this from a desktop computer it’s a little hard to turn your monitor that direction!! Anyway we hope you enjoy the beautiful Rancherria Falls.
We did make it to the campsite (last of course) and set up camp in Teslin, Yukon Territory, Canada. After setup we had a quick meeting and then had dinner at the restaurant at the campground. The meal was included with our “Tracks” tour….we had two choices for dinner; turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes and vegetables or veal with the same. We chose the turkey --- it was pretty much like a Banquet TV dinner and the special price for the day was $17.95. Can you believe it??
There is a really neat exhibit and gift shop there that has (thanks to the taxidermist) real live (well not now) animals from this area. Black bear, grizzlies, polar bear, moose, wolves, elk, goats, buffalo, you name it. It was an amazing display done in natural wildlife exhibits. A definite see if you are ever up here.
It had been raining and cold (48 degrees) pretty much from the time we had set up camp. So after looking over the exhibit we headed back to the warmth and comfort of our “home away from home”! A few hours of 24 and we headed to the warmth of our queen size bed. Oh yeah, tip for packing, a nice electric heated mattress pad is perfect! Makes all the difference for a warm night’s sleep.
The next morning we would be heading 130 miles to Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada. It’s a bigger city --- looking forward to internet, cell phone service, skype with the kids/grandkids and two nights in one spot. Oh Yeah!!
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