Alaska Highway

Alaska Highway

The start, mile 0 in Dawson Creek

This marked our fourth trip on the Alaska Highway and under blue skies and sunshine, we excitedly began. The first several hundred miles from Dawson Creek, BC to Fort Nelson is pretty much all about oil.  The road is used by large trucks whizzing along carrying things need in the oil fields, such as houses. 

Upon leaving Fort Nelson, the Highway heads several hundred miles to Watson Lake, Yukon and the fun begins. This year's trip gave us our best wildlife viewing to date.  

We counted ten or more black bears.  Most were grazing on flowers and such on the verge, close to the road.  Some however, were up in trees!

We anticipated seeing Stone Sheep where we had seen them in the past, and as if on cue, they appeared.

                                                               
                                                                   They appeared in all sizes

And, then there were bison.  Again, some small and some large, some alone and others in herds !

                                                          And some were as large as cars :)

Of course, what all travelers are hoping to see are grizzlies.  We saw three almost immediately.  A sow and two cubs were feeding high on a hill enjoying the fresh grass.  It was wonderful to watch them scamper about in the sun.

                                               And, some preferred to munch by the Highway.

Within Muncho Provincial Park, lies Muncho Lake.  Today the lake was unusually calm making it difficult to tell reflection from reality.

Watson Lake is a small town, but one thing attracts visitors, the Signpost Forest, containing the signs of  travelers from all over the world.  There are thousands of them.

When leaving Whitehorse, YK, the Elias Mountains rose up to envelope us on our drive to the Alaskan border.  The Highway was lined with Forget Me Nots, Wild Roses, Lupine and purple Vetch that stretched out like the border of a landscape painting.

Alaska's state flower, the Forget Me Not

                                                                        The destination !

                                                                                 Alaska