Fort Nelson to Watson Lake
July 3-5, 2008
Leaving Fort Nelson we began to see signs of the mountains of British
Columbia. After the flat terrain in Alberta and Northwest Territories,
this was a welcome sight.
Soon we were actually in the mountains. Considering that the highway is
the only paved road for hundreds of miles, this is real wilderness.
A stone sheep (ewe) and her lamb. We saw many of them along the highway
eating the salt along the shoulder of the roadway. The stone sheep are
a subspecies of the Dall sheep in the Yukon and Alaska, which are pure
white.
We camped at Muncho Lake. The lake was beautiful and the mountain
scenery was gorgeous. We figured this would be a good place to lay over
a day and do some kayaking.
The view of Muncho Lake from our campsite. Unfortunately the rain
clouds came in after dinner and dumped on us that evening and all the
next day. So our layover was a lazy day in the RV catching up on some
research and reading.
The following day we headed further north. Liard Hot Springs was worth
a stop and a soak in the water. Since it was another cold, rainy day,
the warm water felt really good.
Further north on the Alaska Highway we spotted a fox trotting along
with a catch in her mouth. She is probably taking it back to her den to
feed her babies.
A bit further along we came to the boundary between British Columbia
and the Yukon Territories. This is also the 60th parallel, so now we
have reached it again.