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This is a diary of where we are, where we were and what we are doing. Check out the older posts unfortunatly I am slower putting up the pictures than Margaret is writing the blogs Colin :)
Tuesday, June 07, 2005
Liard Hot Spring Provincial Park
We left Fort Nelson at 8:00 and made our way along another stretch of the Alaska Highway. We decided to stop at this one place for breakfast but they wanted $8.95 for bacon and eggs and the place didn’t impress me all that much so we carried on.
We are definitely in the mountains now snow covered peeks and all. There was an abundance of wild life on the road sides today, including Moose, Caribou, Sheep, Mountain goats, deer and believe it or not a herd of wild Horses. There were endless views of beautiful mountain stream and Muncho Lake with it’s turquoise water .... breath taking.
We stopped for lunch at the “Toad River Lodge” famous for it’s display of over 6000 ball caps stapled to the ceiling. There were hats there from all over the place. The meal of choice was Buffalo burgers.....quite tasty.
We had to endure a few sections of construction today but other than that the highway was good. Summit Lake Pass was a little scary......actually a lot scary......straight down drops with a real scarcity of guardrails....a good place not to be nodding off at the wheel.
We pulled into Liard Hot Springs Provincial Park ......they had only 7 spaces left but we managed to find two spots side by side which worked out nicely.
The first order of business was to check out the Hot Springs. The hot pools were discovered by trappers and prospectors and the first recorded notes of there existence were made by Robert Campbell, part of the Hudson’s Bay Company. When the highway came through in 1942 the American Army built the first access board walks which opened the area to visitors. In 1957 the provincial park was created to help preserve the area. There are two pools one shallow one about 3 feet deep at about 53 degrees C and the second one about 9 feet deep at about 42 degrees C.
We took a nice long dip .....the only problem is it makes you want to go to sleep. It was a goo relaxer after our drive.
What the heck is a Dodge Ram?
I' m outa here
Muncho Lake
We are definitely in the mountains now snow covered peeks and all. There was an abundance of wild life on the road sides today, including Moose, Caribou, Sheep, Mountain goats, deer and believe it or not a herd of wild Horses. There were endless views of beautiful mountain stream and Muncho Lake with it’s turquoise water .... breath taking.
We stopped for lunch at the “Toad River Lodge” famous for it’s display of over 6000 ball caps stapled to the ceiling. There were hats there from all over the place. The meal of choice was Buffalo burgers.....quite tasty.
We had to endure a few sections of construction today but other than that the highway was good. Summit Lake Pass was a little scary......actually a lot scary......straight down drops with a real scarcity of guardrails....a good place not to be nodding off at the wheel.
We pulled into Liard Hot Springs Provincial Park ......they had only 7 spaces left but we managed to find two spots side by side which worked out nicely.
The first order of business was to check out the Hot Springs. The hot pools were discovered by trappers and prospectors and the first recorded notes of there existence were made by Robert Campbell, part of the Hudson’s Bay Company. When the highway came through in 1942 the American Army built the first access board walks which opened the area to visitors. In 1957 the provincial park was created to help preserve the area. There are two pools one shallow one about 3 feet deep at about 53 degrees C and the second one about 9 feet deep at about 42 degrees C.
We took a nice long dip .....the only problem is it makes you want to go to sleep. It was a goo relaxer after our drive.
What the heck is a Dodge Ram?
I' m outa here
Muncho Lake