A slightly dewy morning greeted the willing travelers, a hot shower and breakfast packed away. Up, up and away we went. Having a singular route to travel made today's navigation rather simple. However the weather did not do us any favors today, rain followed us most of the morning, slacked off, but started again after a brief lunch of chicken sandwiches.
I lack the words to describe the beauty of this place, the shades of green that smack you upside the head and ask you to sit beside yourself and just look at them. If getting some where wasn't a goal, simply sitting beside the road and gazing in childlike wonder would have not been a waste of time. but travelers we are and so continued on our way, many pictures and some rather bone jarring roads later we took a break to visit the Fort Nelson muesum. What a massive clutter of one old man's interest in....well...everything. Many old cars, some rotting in the back, several more lovingly restored in his shop. also the history of Fort Nelson, the construction of the Alcan, frontier life, taxidermy, ...
Pretty much just a tourist trap, but wouldn't have missed it. he had an engine block larger than many a one bedroom apartment, and Studebakers.
Onward from there, playing dangerously, we made our way on without gassing up. The ugliest part of the road thus far. Road conditions aside, views that took my breath away. The last 30km before being able to fuel up were a tad bit nerve racking, I learned that fueling up early and often is far better that thinking "Hey we'll make it". We did, thankfully, and the last hour rewarded us with Muncho Lake. Greeted by a few locals (MOOSE). Living in Calif. so long and thinking of man made lakes as the norm. HA! Mother nature puts us to shame. Pretty, just dang pretty. So now we sit down after dinner to a nice game of cribbage, which I hope to remember how to play in time, but tonight i will have my butt thoroughly kicked by Jenny.
Until next time folks.
