This is close to our final post, when we reach Calgary our journey from Chicago to Alaska will connect this big circle, and we are going straight home.
From Fairbanks we traveled Highway 2 until we met the famous Alcan Highway in Beaver Creek Yukon. We traveled highway 1, this great highway, until Mile marker 1 at Dawson Creek. This highway was built during WWII to get to Alaska and defend the US from Japan. Canada and the US agreed to work together to build it and then when it was complete the US gave it to Canada to maintain, smart move because no one travels this highway and all the Canadians do is repair it. I guess the 75 year anniversary is coming up and they hope people will travel. Fat chance of that because there is nothing there, no gas, food or lodging. But lots of wildlife, not the kind we see, dead on the side of the road, of course no people ---the wildlife love it. We did lots of dry camping in off road rest areas. We have traveled 7800 miles and Bev because of the cold and rain no mosquitos, we sure had a black cloud following us, not even the mosquitos came our way. Now that we are heading home sun every day.
The Raven, a big black bird, it is the bird of the Yukon because it's the only bird that stays all year, it is one big bird. Picture a bird that is so tall it's head reaches the bottom of your chair.
all the posts from everyone every year the numbers go up
the original sign
the original guy then and below 50 years later.
came back 50 years later, he is dead now
The Sign Post Forest was started by this guy that was working on the highway during the war and he put a sign up to say how far he was from home, so now everyone does it. We left this sign.
This all happened it Watson Lake Yukon.
Photo at the beginning of Highway 1 in Dawson Creek British Columbia
We have seen Bear, grizzly and black, caribou (above) porcupine, stone sheep, bison, its a zoo out here on the road. I have a movie of this caribou mom looking both ways as she tries to cross the road.
tons of animals on the side of the road, this bison decides to feed her baby on the road.
Hot mineral spring in Liard Hot springs British Columbia
Big sign saying Moose love mineral water so if they come to drink leave them alone.
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