What a great day! Today we drove 521 km for a grand total of 1613 km so far.
We left Fort Nelson about 9:15 after a fabulous breakfast at the hotel.
There were some stunning views today and many photo opportunities. We had all sorts of weather; from rain,fog, having to drive through clouds as we crested high mountain passes, and finally ending up with sunny and high winds (which was a blessing because it kept the mosquitoes down to a manageable level).
We started seeing animals on the sides of the road. First off was a moose (later on, another), followed by a black bear and finally (and many times) by bison. At one point near Muncho Lake we were held up on the highway by a herd of bison.
Further on there was a bison bull sitting half on the road and half in the ditch.A BIG animal when you are only a few metres away from it!
One of the "must see" places to stop is Liard River Hot Springs. They lived up to their reputation. We arrived shortly after noon and left the site over an hour later. A really magnificent natural hot springs which (due to covid) wasn't crammed with travelers.
I decided I need some gas "just for safety sake" so I stopped at the Liard River Crossing Lodge to get some. They charged $1.90/litre so I only got $20 worth! Turns out if I had waited a further 60 km I could have paid $1.45.
We had some dusty road construction (taken through by a pilot car) and some twisty turny narrow highway sections but for the most part the highway was great and I found our km/hr creeping up to 120 many times.
Official entry into the Yukon was at Watson Lake. We each had to fill up a covid medical questionaire and promise to upload copies of our vaccinations within 24 hours (which I did tonight). They gave us stickers to place on the outside of our vehicle to show we had been "OK'd" to travel in the territory.
Once we had checked into our room we ventured out to see the "Sign Post Forest". Multiple tens of thousands of signs of numerous types located in the "forest". We did not add any ourselves.
Chinese food for supper and trip to the grocery store to purchase some food for breakfast was all we did before heading back to the room to relax.
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