We left Toad River RV Park on Tuesday, the 24th and drove north in beautiful sunshine!
This is another picture of the snow on the mountain behind our campground site, only from the road and without clouds:
We got into the curvy up and down roads thru the Western Rocky Mountains again. Scenery, of course, was beautiful.
We came to the Muncho Lake area and had to stop for diesel (forgot to do it at Toad River). We paid dearly since this was a very touristy area along the lake with a huge lodge and even a CG along the lake. Cost of diesel was $7.00 US per gallon! Campground sites started at $49 per night!
The lake was still frozen in many places:
This is another picture of the snow on the mountain behind our campground site, only from the road and without clouds:
We got into the curvy up and down roads thru the Western Rocky Mountains again. Scenery, of course, was beautiful.
We came to the Muncho Lake area and had to stop for diesel (forgot to do it at Toad River). We paid dearly since this was a very touristy area along the lake with a huge lodge and even a CG along the lake. Cost of diesel was $7.00 US per gallon! Campground sites started at $49 per night!
The lake was still frozen in many places:
The lake is known for its deep green and blue waters. The mountains surrounding the lake are approximately 7,000 feet.
Further up the road we came to the Laird River Hotsprings Provincial Park.
Further up the road we came to the Laird River Hotsprings Provincial Park.
You pay $5 per person to enter and you can either camp overnight (no hookups) or you can just park in the day-use area, which we did. The purpose of stopping here is the hot springs. A boardwalk which leads to the pools crosses a wetlands environment (reminded us of Yellowstone).
There are two hot springs pools with water temperatures ranging from 108 degrees to 126 degrees. Here we are:
We spent about 30 minutes in the water and then got back on the road again.
Along the way we were warned by “The Milepost” book and signs along the road to watch out for wildlife.
Well, we have seen those signs so many times before and never got to see much so we weren’t really expecting to see anything. But, lo and behold, here they are:
We got a pretty good look at this black bear - most of the time we couldn't see his head, but he did come up for air once!
We finally made it to Watson Lake around 3 PM and got checked in and set up for the night. Most CG’s have cable TV hookups, and, we found out something very unusual with it. We wanted to watch Oprah so we asked what channel it would be on. They said they would turn it on for us. And we got it. Last night we wanted to watch Biggest Loser so they told us to turn on our TV, and, while we watched the screen, we saw the TV guide come up and saw him searching for the correct channel (370), and then he locked it in. After the show was over, we tried to go back to channel 370, but it was no longer there(STRANGE!!).
Wednesday we went to the Signpost Forest. It was started in 1942 when a US soldier working on the Alaska Highway was homesick so he erected a sign. Since then travelers have been adding signs to the collection, now more than 70,000!! AMAZING.
Of course, we had to make our own sign:
We also went to the Northern Lights Centre, the only planetarium in North America featuring the myth and science of the northern lights. It was good.
Tomorrow we leave for Whitehorse, YT and expect to be there thru Monday.
Will post more later…
(Jim, the roads have been very good so far.)
(Jim, the roads have been very good so far.)
Very cool! Love the signs!
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