Liard Hot Springs to Watson Lake--June 23

I am about caught up--last day. Today will be a shorter day only 126.8 miles. We slept in this morning and didn't leave till about 8 am. We were all hooked up so we just pulled in the one slide and off we went. There were no hook-ups to bother with either.

There will not be much to stop and see along the way but we did see two more black bear at separate times. We did stop at Coal River Lodge and Marvin and Dee ate some breakfast--we had eaten in the coach. Barry and Monique arrived just after us and came in and ate also. Just after Marvin turned into their driveway we had to wait on a large truck and a rock flew up and hit the windshield of our coach and cracked it good. Now we get to try the Florida insurance. If you are insured in Florida then they will replace your windshield at no cost no matter where it happens. We are planning on waiting until after this trip unless it creats a bigger problem. Just as we were all leaving in drives two more of our caravaners.

We have crossed from the states to British Columbia into Alberta and back into B.C. and now into the Yukon Territory which we will go in and out of about 6 times before getting into Alaska. This area takes its name from the First Nations word "Youcon" meaning "big river".

We are staying in Campground Services Ltd. It was a mess coming into the park because it seems we all arrived at once so it took them awhile to park us all. This is the first time that has happened. After parking we went into town to find a place to wash our cars. You couldn't see thru the windows or tell what color they were. They will probably be almost as bad tomorrow but we know we tried. We went to a planetarium called the Northern Lights Centre. It is the only one in North America featuring the myth and science of the northern lights. Since we can't see them this time of year this is the next best thing. It was really good. Then we went to the Signpost Forest (which is almost a block of square posts in the ground and all up and down them are nailed or screwed signs that people have either made or stolen(city signs) to let the world know they were here and where they are from in the world. There are metal city and street signs, wooden signs made by people (some very elaborate), bedpans, a spatula, someone drew around their fingers and hand and wrote info on them, license plates. We saw 2 IU license plates. Several of us put up signs. Ours said Go IU followed by Teemy, Kay, Roger and Sheryl Davis 1950's followed by Robert & Sheryl Price 2010 followed by Jackson County, Indiana. When you stand on the main road and go thru the archway and down the steps you go to the right down 3 rows and then go right down the 3rd row to the 18th post and we are on the bottom. So if anyone else reads this and comes up here they can find us. Our trailmasters posted our group sign and then we all left.

We went to eat, I hadn't eaten since b'fast and it was long gone. Then we went back to the coach and everyone else went to the briefing but I stayed home to clear up my computer and get ready to blog. However, when the 3 of them came back Marvin asked if we would like to go look for moose so I redressed and went and of course, we didn't see anything.

I don't know what else I may have written because when I finished this at 11pm I had been disconnected from the internet and could not be sure it was saved and I couldn't publish it. I am thankful that it was still there so with that I end todays journey.