Day 5 - Watson Lake - Yukon

Bear Count -  13

11 Black / 1 Grizzly / 1 Brown

4 Moose

3 herd of Bison and lonesome Buffalo

Countless Dall Sheep

Wild Horses

This truck is located in the parking lot of The Air Force Lodge in Watson Lake - Yukon, our room for the night, following an unforgettable ride today in beautiful sunny weather until the last 10 minutes when the Yukon decided to show its stormy side with torrential rain and strong winds..... the rest of the day was perfect.
Riding over the Rockies was simply stunning and being able to laze about in Liard Hot Springs was a great respite from the road. The road is SO easy.... its wide, well paved with a shoulder most of the way and all the verges are cut back about 50 feet from the highway to enable long distance scenery viewing and also a chance to see the wildlife.
Wildlife !! Fantastic, in the first 30 minutes of today's ride we saw Moose and Bears and it just kept getting better and better. Wifey is a little scared of the animals and gets very nervous if I stop to take photo's.

Stopping off at Toad River for a cup of tea at about 11.00 am this morning revealed a ceiling with over 6000
baseball style hats attached, very quirky...

Liard Hot Springs - There are two springs ranging in temperature from
42 -52 degrees and when you first step into them, it's hot, very hot.
A mild smell of sulphur fills the air and actually stays with you all day long....lovely.
Strangely all our white gold jewelry turned gold and the silver turned black, makes you wonder what it does for the skin.

So the first day on the real Alaska Highway was a gem, truly memorable in every way, from the start in Dawson Creek to Watson Lake, mile after mile of stunning scenery and wildlife. Climbing the Rockies we passed over the highest pass on the entire route "Summit Pass" at 1267m before rolling into Toad River for gas and a break. Azure blue, glacial Muncho Lake was next before we reached the hot springs for lunch and  a soak. The highway starts to open up again following the course of the Liard River as we finally leave beautiful British Columbia and enter the Yukon Territory.