June 28, 2014 – Watson Lake

Well, the temp this AM inside is 60. Very comfortable!! Since we are not traveling today, we have had a leisurely morning.

We went into Watson Lake (15 mi) to get on wifi at the library – wifi is out until next week!! So we did some sight seeing.

Sign Post Forest: We had heard of this lace before leaving Spokane...but we never expected to find what we saw!! This was started in 1942 while the US/Canada were building the AlCan Highway. They estimate there are over 80,000 signs nailed up. We wandered around for over an hour and did not see them all. We did, however, see some from: CDA, Orofino, Mead, Garfield, and Brewster.

Northern Lights Centre: We visited this center to view a video of the aurora borealis. What we found was a 360 degree theater. The film was spectacular. Unfortunately for us, it is daylight for 22 hrs and dusky for 2 hours each day – no northern lights for us!!

To date, we have driven approximately 1750 miles. Tomorrow we drive to Whitehorse, YT and then on to Dawson City, Chicken, AK, and Fairbanks.