We left our plush Whitehorse hotel with a chores list to accomplish prior to departing down the road. We had to exchange some money to Canadian, get an oil change, get gas, and eat some food. We ate at a busy deli-great food and quite the assortment of smoked meats and candies. Oil change went well, though a concerned look on the guy's face as he asked "Did you hit something, there is a ton of blood under the car." Well, not that we are aware of, but no worries. It started to rain and we hit the road at noon. Mike drove a long ways with no wildlife through the Yukon and in and out of British Colombia. Beautiful scenery but no wildlife. Sara took over driving and all we saw was wildlife. We saw 9 bears from the road and many many buffalo (one herd of over 50). The bears were content eating red raspberries along the road. It was amazing being so close to such wonderful beasts. We also saw a caribou. Mike was so happy to be passenger.
As we approached the Laird Hotsprings Provincial Park we noticed that they had a campground full sign hanging. We were worried, but were fortunate to find camping across the road from the springs and according to the lady working, she said we could sneak across the road for free and partake in the hotsprings. Great news. We made dinner of pasta and zucchini though were interrupted when a black bear wondered through the woods about 30 feet from where we were cooking. Scary-but it went the other way without incident. After dinner, we hiked to the springs and were rewarded with a relaxing evening. We looked for Adam’s swim trunks that he left two years ago but had no luck. The springs are great, you could control the temperature of the water by how close you positioned yourself to the source. We returned to camp relaxed and ready to take on another day.
No comments:
Post a Comment