We made it to a very soggy whitehorse. Here are some photos from the road:
The signpost forest in Watson Lake
A baby moose waits for its mother to cross the road
Buffalo near Liard Hotsprings
We managed to get on the road at 9:15am Saturday. Spent the first night at Mcleod lake (it’s so easy to find places that have ‘Douglas’ or ‘Mcleod’ in them… but there’s never a Rupp River or Lana Meadows anywhere to be found). We spent Sunday cruising past wildlife and forest, with very few stops for photos and made reasonable time to Liard River Hotsprings. The hotsprings are a completely natural set of pools in the middle of a boggy moose and bear filled forest. They were beautiful and very warm and we spent a good part of the evening out on the boardwalk in the bog taking photos of the steam in the moonlight. The stop is highly recommended, even though the campground was pretty crowded. The surprise of the trip up was the buffalo. Apparently there’s somewhat of an infestation. I believe they’re a re-introduced herd. They have taken to sleeping on the hwy and can be seen all over the place around the hotsprings and for the next 90km north. This morning we packed up and drove the last leg to whitehorse. It looks like we’ll be camping just south of the town so we can cycle in and about (also there’s showers!). Anyways.. we’re on the wireless at the public library so we’ll make this one somewhat short. Tonight.. reasonable chance of northern lights. Tomorrow/Wednesday even better. I’m seriously stoked to being in viewing range. Next stops: Dawson on Wednesday, then Tombstone!
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