Friday, June 19, 2009

Watson Lake, Yukon is GREAT

We found Watson Lake to be a very nice community! We saw in several advertisements and through Milepost Alaska Travel Planner that this was where the Sign post Forest was located. Started by a homesick soldier from Danville, IL. He was part of the 21,000 US troops and Civilians helping to build the Alaska Highway in 1942. He posted the mileage to his hometown on a post. Today, there are over 10,000 other signs that have been posted on this “forest”. In the second row near the Caribou Gift shop, there now hangs a New Mexico, Route 66 plate with our names on it!
After lunch, we stopped by the Visitor’s center and got lots of great advice on where to camp along our way to Inuvik, Northwest Territory. We also stopped by the library and used the free internet access to check in on our classes and email. This small library also has a whole room of educational and developmental toys that they loan out of their “toybrary.”
Everyone we met was friendly, had great senses of humor and were quite helpful.

Our REI tent is holding up nicely. It’s a complete netting on top has protected us nicely from some of the biggest mosquitoes we have ever seen! Two nights of rain have proven that it will keep us dry. Closing all the zippers also keeps the wind out. A bit crowded with Molli in the corner but snug and dry.

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