Shortly after leaving Ft. Nelson, we actually saw a black bear then nothing for miles! Approaching Liard Hot Springs, we stared seeing lots of deer and bison, some of it in the road. The highway is still winding and steep in places with some gravel places, and almost no traffic. We stopped for the night in Watson Lake arriving around 8 p.m.
No libraries are open til Tuesday because Monday is the Queen's Birthday holiday. We kept meeting up with a group of five cousins and their spouses (and Vernon and Janie from Houston) who all flew into Iowa to pick up brand new Winnebagos from the factory to drive them to Anchorage for the Great Alaskan Holidays company. We first met up with this group in Dawson Creek then spent the night at the same RV park.
Summit Lake is completely frozen still. Caribou were in the road less than two miles south of here. Muncho Lake is turquoise! For miles west of Watson Lake people had taken fist sized stones (plenty in the area) and spelled out names, initials in hearts, etc., along the cuts that were made to put the road in.
I went in the hot springs, but Frank wouldn't go. It was really, really hot! The steam was rising from the water even though it was a reasonably warm day. It felt sooo good. There is a hotel there. I'd love to spend a week just going into the springs several times a day.
