Sunrise 4:10 Sunset 10:45
We woke up to another rainy day, not too cold. Our Wagon Master left at 8 - we made it out by 8:25. We spotted a couple of bears by the side of the road along the highway. We couldn't see the beautiful Northern Rocky mountains they were all covered by clouds. At the summit (4,250 highest point on AlCan) we saw the most beautiful colored lake "Summit Lake" the color I can only describe as icy green. I'd like to find out what creates that color. The clouds cleared enough later we were able to see the peaks of Stone Mountain Provincial Park, beautiful waterfalls, the river flowing full and fast. We stopped at the town of Toad River, population 50, e at the Toad River Lodge (shared another sticky bun, this has to stop), the ceiling has at last count over 11,000 caps of all kinds on the ceiling. Further down the road we past Muncho Lake, it's also green but more of an emerald green even with the gray sky, looks like a great place for fishing. Just before we got to Liard Springs RV park there were about 30 buffalo on both sides of the road, including a nursing baby. We got to the park about 1:30 got settled and went to the Hot Springs. The pool fills naturally with water that that has been heated at the earth's core-it can reach up to 126 degrees. The bottom rock is like a pea gravel and round river rock. There is a 1/4 mile long boardwalk across marshy ground, normally thick with mosquitoes but with the drizzle there weren't any. We stayed in 30-40 minutes, oh man it felt so good, a little stinky but worth it. We are really in the middle of nowhere, our power is sketchy, it runs by a generator plant in the park. Absolutely no wi-fi or even satellite radio.
Tomorrow we leave for Watson Lake, Yukon Territory known for it's sign forest. During the construction of the Alcan Hwy, a lonely soldier put up a sign on a tree, Danville, Ilinois 2,835 miles, since then it has grown to over 80,000 signs.
I couldn't post last night due to no service, enjoy the pic's.
TTFN,
Gary and Pam
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| Glimpses of the Northern Rockies |
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| Waterfalls |
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| More waterfalls |
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| Fast moving river |
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| Muncho Lake |
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| Liard River Bridge |
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| Wagon Master Linda assigns sites, we usually don't arrive all at once |
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| Walk way to hot springs |
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| Our group |
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| Buffalo joined us for breakfast in park |
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