This week we went from Dawson City to Dawson Creek (1950 km) on the Alaska and Klondike highway.
One of the things we stopped for was the Sign Post Forest, at Watson Lake. The Sign Post Forest is what the name says: a forest of sign posts! The Sign Post Forest was started by a U.S Army soldier working on the construction of the Alaska Highway in 1942. He was staying in Watson Lake because of an injury. An officer asked him to repair and put up the directional signposts, and while completing the job, he added a sign that said the direction and distance to his hometown of Danville, Illinois. People continued adding signs. Now there are over 77,000 signs. We made and added our own sign.
On the Alaska Highway, we encountered something unusual for September: snow! During a lunch break, I had a snowball fight with Pa, made snow caves, and froze my feet. A little later we saw a black bear with a cub. The cub was so cute. It stood up a couple times and once it shook like a dog. Also, we saw a lot of bison up close and a caribou.
A couple days later, we drove while it was snowing again. When we stopped, I went walking in deep snow and came back wishing I had snowshoes. Pa was kind of freaked out by the snow.
Now we are at mile zero of the Alaska highway, in Dawson Creek.
That cub is adorable and the bison are Sooo cool.
I know, right they are so cute! And they are very cool animals.:)