After trying not to literally roll out of bed all night it was time to figuratively roll out of bed and be on our way. We had breakfast at McDonalds (Sausage and Egg McMuffin meal $9). The Yukon River flows along the side of Whitehorse and creates a beautiful setting as we left. In the early morning hours we saw a fox cross the road with its catch of the day. It wasn't until we were listing to the radio that we heard that there was a power outage in the Yukon that night which not only took out the power for a while but all cell phones and Internet access were still out for the entire territory. We wondered why the McDonalds had a cash only sign in the window.
We drove for a couple hours to Teslin and stopped to get something and they had a sign saying cash only. They still did not have Internet service for credit cards.
We got to Watson Lake at about 1 for lunch. There is a diner in the gas station that cooks great hamburgers. Cindy got a mushroom burger with fries. When she got it it was also covered with gravy over the fries; a typical Canadian way to serve French fries. After eating and filling up the car with gas ($5.07 a gallon) we went across the street to the "sign forest". It started in 1947 when an airman was stationed at the airfield and put some signs up about home and has grown to this amazing display of road signs from everywhere.
We continued on our way with the road following the Laird River. There was the same golden yellow colors that we were use to. We would spot a buffalo here and there.
Then we came across a large heard that was walking along the road. One that passed in front of the car was bigger and taller than the car we were in. We also saw how the young ones we saw in May had grown over the summer.
The road then goes through the Canadian Rockies which have a completely different look than the mountains in Alaska. You do see things from a different view point going the other direction and when we first saw Muncho Lake it was from above looking down at it. We stopped at the lodge to get gas ($6.92 a gallon).
On our way through the mountains we came across two Dall's Sheep along the side of the road.
Taking pictures through the window became a little bit more difficult with all the bugs that were on the windshield.
We stopped at Ft. Nelson for dinner and to get gas ($5.45 a gallon) and then a restroom break. Cindy had the unique experience. She noticed when she went to the bathroom that there was no toilet paper. Asking the management about it they said they were all out but gave her a box of Kleenex to use.
We drove for a while in the dark which was a little nerve wracking because you knew there were animals out there so you really watched the edges of the road. We finally decided to stop around 10 because we were all tired. The place was called Pink Mountain which consisted of two gas stations and two hotels. Our room was above a restaurant and bar that the local workers of the timber and oil fields stay at. It had some unusual angles in the room but it was still better than the night before.
We had traveled 720 miles this day.
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