We are now in the Yukon Territory which always sounds to me like the REAL wilderness. It is. I used to watch Sgt. Preston of the Yukon on 50's television. And now here we are! Our drive today was much shorter (we sort of drive from one decent campground to another). The shoulders were wide and the road had few steep ups and downs. Actually the road is much straighter and flatter than when it was originally built. Road improvement keeps cutting out steep curves so that the overall road is shorter than when it was originally built.
We drove to Laird Hot Springs today and saw some wild horses and buffalo along the road. The Springs area is beautiful and is situated in a Provincial Park with a nice campground. I think we will try to stop here on our way back as it looks like many campsites will accommodate our length. The hot spring pools looked delightful with a gravel bottom and a board walk surrounding them.
But for today we drove on to Watson Lake. We stopped 2 miles outside of town at the first campground which was very nice. The downtown campground was a gravel parking lot (Not that unusual on the Alaska Highway).
The Visitor Center had a good slide show with more information about the building of the Alaska Highway. Outside the center was the signpost forest with signs from all over the world. The tradition started during the building of the highway in the 40's.
Although it is light late into the evening and then again early in the morning, we have been sleeping like rocks in our cozy trailer. I just hang towels over the windows to keep it darker in the bedroom. This trailer is very comfortable for us.
The Visitor Center had a good slide show with more information about the building of the Alaska Highway. Outside the center was the signpost forest with signs from all over the world. The tradition started during the building of the highway in the 40's.
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