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We finishing up talking with some of our fellow campers in the hot springs and headed back to the campsite to make an alfredo pasta dinner than off to bed.
The next days drive was going to be another long one. Around 9 hours so we woke up early, packed everything up than hit the road again. The first stop was a little gas station in Coal River where were quite shocked when we found out gas was 162.9! While we could have made it all the way to cheaper gas in the Yukon at Watson Lake, the idea of rolling into town on empty didn't seem very smart so we shelled out the big bucks, paying twice as much to fill up as usual. I don't blame the small business owners at Coal River for their high gas price, I'm sure they're also charged an arm and a leg to sell gas at their little RV park in the middle of no where. The people working there were very nice.
Our route today stradles the BC/Yukon boarder and we bobbed up and down between the two provinces a few times before hitting Watson Lake. We stopped twice to take a picture with the signs
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| One of the dips in the Yukon |
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| In for good this time |
The scenery wasn't as impressive as the day before but there was a few surprises among them was a herd of bison.
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Our midpoint stop was a town by the name of Watson lake. We have heard of their signpost forest around the tourism center. But to see it in real life was surreal and slightly creepy. Just rows and rows of signs and random objects with people home town signed on it. The whole thing started in 1942 when Carl K. Lindley a private in the army building the road decided to add his home town onto a sign post he was ordered to fix. Now there are over 300,000 signs up. Unfortunately we forgot to bring one to add!
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We went into the info center where one of the workers there gave us both a Yukon Gold Explorers Passport. Inside it there is 34 pages where if you take it to a location listed they will stamp it (like a real passport). Although if you get 10 unique stamps and than 20 you are entered into a draw to win some gold! Each location has a unique stamp and we set about trying to get as many as possible. We got both that were available in Watson Lake. One from the tourism center and the other from the Northern Lights Space & Science Centre. Before leaving the lady who gave us the passports told us to make sure to stop at Rancheria Falls on our way to Whitehorse.
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| Walk out to the falls |
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We have been getting spoiled with all the amazing waterfalls while in the Rockies in Alberta that this one seemed tiny by comparison but the opportunity to stretch was nice and it was a good spot to eat some lunch. There was an impressive sight while there though. A trailer that was the most unique I have seen.
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| Likely a pig on gas though |
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| Cassiar Mountains en route to Whitehorse |
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