Teslin, YT

Small town on the Alaska Highway.


View as you enter.


Over the bridge.


Rick is befriending the wildlife...as long as they aren't alive.


A bull moose can be up to 6' at the shoulder! Caribou are much smaller.








These were taken at the museum.

Moose and wolves.


Beaver.


Bear. (That's a reflection on the glass... oh, well.)


Caribou.


What's this?? Rick under the hood again?? Yep. Today, I had water dripping on my foot while we were driving. Soon, I had a puddle. Moved my purse. Put napkins on the floor to soak it up. Heater. Clamped it off. Rear heater is OK. Defroster is OK. Duct tape the clamp and let's go!!


This is the car of the man that settled the area. The museum told an interesting story.

On the road

More scenery.


We saw this outside a little restaurant. Some Hummer!!








Very interesting.




Our first forest fire. It is so deserted out here, that they watch them and just let them burn, as nature intended. Almost always started by lightning.

The Sign Forest

On the road to Watson Lake




The sign forest was started by one of the workers working on the building of the Alcan Highway during World War II. He put up a sign with his hometown, an arrow pointing the way and the number of miles. It caught on. There are now somewhere around 60,000.


Our caravaners looking in amazement at rows and rows of signs.


Yes, we need to put one up, also! Our leader, Jim Matkovich, made a sign for the caravan, and several others also had signs.



This was quite a ceremony!



Here they are...


WBCCI Caravan...whoops...carvan???


Rick enjoyed looking at the old machines.


Can you believe we found one from Jefferson, OH! No, don't know the people.

More animals

Soon after we left Liard...what is this??


What IS this?? (don't forget, click on pictures to enlarge)


OMG! It's a bear eating a moose. The moose must have been road kill. Some of our group later said no bear, but an eagle having some lunch.


Oh, my, what's ahead?


A whole herd of wood buffalo. We were happy to stop and watch them.


Many young.







And again, on down the road, on the same day, a bear eating berries. Most days we do not see this many animals. People who have been on this caravan before, say that this is more than they've ever seen. So, we have been very lucky.

Liard Hot Springs

Canada has many hot springs. I never knew this. We spent 3 nights at Liard Hot Springs Provincial Park, went in the springs, walked on the boardwalks to several of the springs, and went to listen to the park's naturalist talk about the area. She said that there are actually several other springs, but they are not developed for public use. Bears are often seen in the area, so one talk was on bear safety. Now, when we are out walking, about every 50', I yell..."Yo! Bear!!" so they know I'm around and, hopefully, they go the other way!! :-)


The boardwalk goes over the hot springs swamp. There is only one type of fish in the water and it has adapted to the hot water. This swampy area has cooler water than the actual springs.


Many animals come to the springs, especially in the winter. No, no animals in this picture.


This is the boreal forest surrounding the springs.


It's almost tropical-like vegetation.


This is the hottest end, about 180 degrees. As you'd expect, the sulfur smell is quite strong.


Many sets of stairs lead into the water. It's about 150 degrees at the far end of the pool.


The springs feed the river and swamp. The lower river area is cooler yet.


These are some of the people from our caravan. The man is sitting on an underwater bench under the waterfall. On our first walk to the springs, I brought the camera. We came back later wearing our bathing suits and enjoyed the hot springs. I was sitting on the bench when the force of the water kind of bumped me and knocked my magnetic sunglasses into the river. Oops! Rick looked and looked, and so did a couple of other helpful people...to no avail. Darn! When the sun is out way up North here, it is REALLY bright!


This is a second hot springs, close to a mile from the parking lot. It was quite an uphill walk on the boardwalk. Can you see it bubbling in the middle? Few hike this far to use the springs....also, too hot.


Really pretty up here. Both springs had little changing rooms and outhouses.


These steps led up to an area called the hanging gardens. It's where some of the water comes out.





Kind of weird looking, really.


That's me on the boardwalk.

Our first cook-out

We lined up for our delicious looking food. Ham with pineapple topping, baked potatoes (they were huge!), green beans, roll and cookies for dessert.








This is the view down the road at the entrance of the campground.