Day Five - June 16, 2010

Day Five was a very, very long day. We traveled 603 miles total.

We left Fort Nelson and saw our very first Moose. After a couple hours of driving we saw Muncho Lake, BC. It was like glass. We took several pictures and drove past an adult Big Horn Sheep. He was right on the side of the road around a tight curve. We made eye contact as I drove by. Mom got pics of three young Big Horn Sheep (with much smaller horns). As we left the Lake we spotted another Black Bear. In the picture, its the black lump in the grass, so you can't really see it very well.

Next stop... and the only official tourist stop in Canada was Liard River Hot Springs. Mom and I went lounging in the water. Of course, we get to swim in hot springs on the day it hits 80 degrees. It was very, very awesome anyway and totally worth the stop. There are pics of us there also. It was also the only place in Canada with Souvenirs. So I bought a magnet and a bumper sticker.

Next stop was Watson Lake - Gateway to the Yukon. There is a Sign Post Forest, where people post street, city and personal signs and license plates. It's crazy!! There are posts everywhere. The have to put up new posts every year for all the signs. I tried to get pics to show how big the place is, but you need an aerial shot for that. We ate dinner there and we were going to spend the night, but all four hotels were full. So we got back on the road and drove the four hours to Whitehorse.

We arrived in Whitehorse at 2:30am and only one hotel has vacancies there. We checked in and got a couple hours sleep. Buy then I was done with Canada and really, really wanted to see the U.S. and some civilization again.

Check out the pics and let me know if you have any questions. I'll get started on the next day's blog.

Take care!