Traveling from Muncho Lake to Watson Lake was the most
rewarding day to date for wildlife. But
first we had a long stretch of construction.
Canada resurfaces their roads with a process called “chip and seal”, and
it is a substance of tar which is applied to the road. The tar is then followed by large amounts of
gravel which is abundant. The only
problem after it is applied is the tremendous amount of dust. You can see in the picture the coach and car
ahead of us seems to disappear in a cloud of dust.
The first wildlife sighting of the day was sheep. There
were over a dozen along the side of the road and it was cute to see the kids
staying close to their mothers. What a
surprise!
No matter how many times you see buffalo, it is always
amazing to see these huge beasts. They
appear to be slow moving creatures, but when challenged or frightened they are
able to run at a very rapid pace. They
certainly were not intimidated by our large coaches because they walked right
in front of us to cross the road. Guess
who waited……
This day we saw several bears and again they would cross right in front of you when driving. What a sight to see these animals in the wild and not in a zoo.
After arriving at Watson Lake, we went to the sign post
forest. It is an amazing sight. There are over 82,000 signs. We thought that we might see signs posted by
some of our friends, but that proved to be an impossible task. We borrowed a ladder and proudly posted our “Hope,
IN” sign near the top of a post. Click the picture below to enlarge the photo to see our sign. There it stands as a reminder that someone
from the small community with a population of 2,300 people came to visit Watson
Lake.
