Day 85 – June 3 – Watson Lake

It rained all night and was still raining in the morning.  We went to eat breakfast at Liard River Lodge – just outside the park.  We got there about 8:15 and it took forever to get food.  We got out of the restaurant after 9:30.  The food as well as fuel up here is expensive!  Dorrie had 3 pancakes and coffee.  I had 2 eggs, ham, hash browns (that is what they called them) and toast along with coffee.  Our bill was over $27 – mine was something like $13.50 which isn’t bad when 3 pancakes cost $11.50!

On the road the rain continued, but then we didn’t mind too much because first we starting seeing Wood Bison beside the road – these are not your drive through a fenced in animal enclosure type but honest to goodness wild bison 

Then we hit a stretch of road with bears.

Followed with more bison.

It made for a good drive even in the rain.  We crossed into Yukon several times before we finally saw the official welcome sign.

We planned to stay at the Tags campground next to the Signpost Forest, but it was not open.  We drove to the Services Campground, but it was closed since 2012, so we ended up in the only campground open in Watson Lake – Downtown R.V. Park.  The place was almost empty when we got here around 1 o’clock but by 8 the upper part was almost full.

After supper we went to the Signpost Forest to hang a sign Rick had made.  The rain had stopped earlier not too long after we got here, so it was nice while we looked at some of the signs.  On Thursday of this week the Signpost Forest will become a National Historical Sight.

The daylight seems to never end, you can read a newspaper outside at 11 p.m. and at 2 or 3 in the morning it is still very light outside.  We don’t seem to have any problems sleeping, which is the good thing.