Watson Lake and Whitehorse

We left Fort Nelson (after a pretty good and warm nite sleep) and headed to Watson Lake. Outside of Fort Nelson we stopped at a little joint on the side of the road that had awesome cinimon rolls. We sat in a little quaint backcountry eatery and had coffee and cinimon rolls that were great. Quite a memory! When we started out, we were discussing how we still hadn't seen a bear or really anything interesting, then it hit. We saw 5 black bears, a few small heards of buffalo, some stone sheep, and a Moose! It was really a great drive. Chris was not afraid of the bears at all, either, which was a surprise.


We have been using a book (Frommers) that has helped us plan our trip. It said that Watson Lake was a dismal place to be avoided. Well, it was the only place to stop, so we went to the "Campground Services" campground there (even the name is unimpressive). Well, the site was OK, but it is the home of the smallest showers on earth, and there were lots of mosquitos. It rained all night, but we stayed dry and warm! Mr. Heater finally helped us out. We covered up the vents in the top of the tent because we thought they were letting all the hot air out. We think we have this cold stuff figured out. We will see in Denali... The signpost forest is in town and is definately the highlight. There are 52,000 signposts pointing to folks houses on posts in the center of town. We did not bring one, but Adam said he was brining one. We didn't get a picture, but there was also some heavy equipment there, and Mitch wanted his picture in some, so that is all the photos we got.

The trip to Whitehorse was short (about 4 hours) and uneventful, except that we stopped at another diner that was run by one lady who did everything. Cory had chili, me and the boys had hamburgers (great), and Chris had broccoli soup. The food was excellent, but Mitchell forgot his retainer there, and we were in Whitehorse before we figured it out. It was an expensive meal.
Our hotel in Whitehorse is pretty nice, and we all took a quick nap when we got there. Oh yea, I threw my back out a few days ago pulling a tent stake out. Josh said that I pulled a "Tim Barrow". I have been hunched over for a few days, but it is much better. I am hoping our two days in Whitehorse will clear it up.