May 24, 2013

Today we find ourselves in Watson Lake, Yukon.  I find it hard to believe that we are in the Yukon!!!  We drove through some pretty interesting scenery today.  A big part of the road was curvy, narrow, mountain roads with no guardrails - most of the scenery was pretty good.  We saw lots of wild animals today - several black bears, lots of bison, lots of stone sheep and some moose.  The bison and the stone sheep just walk down the middle of the road-they don't seem to care that there are cars around.  Still no caribou but the guy that owns the park we are at tonight says we should see lots tomorrow.

We also saw Muncho Lake.  The lake was still mostly frozen but was the most incredible turquoise color.  I will attach a picture but the color doesn't come through very well. 

We went for a walk after we got here and found the "Signpost Forest".  They have taken road signs and all kinds of signs and put them on poles - there are thousands of them from every part of the world.  We found one from Waynesville, MO (I was born there), Surprise, AZ, Phoenix and Sedona, AZ.  We could not believe how many there were.

We are learning to adjust to lots of daylight; the sun rises around 520am and sets around 2200 (10 p.m.).  We have read that in June there are 22 1/2 hours of daylight a day!  Groceries are very expensive here so we have been eating lots of what we brought with us.  We bought some AAA batteries yesterday for the camera and 4 batteries were $15.  Where is Wal-Mart when you need it!

We are having a great time - we plan to be in White Horse, Yukon tomorrow.

Here are today's pictures:

Black Bear

Stone Mountain Sheep

Moose (we think)

More Stone Sheep

Bison and babies

Muncho Lake

Waynesville sign in Signpost Forest



Signpost Forest in Watson Lake