7/6/13: Watson Lake, YT to Kluane Lake, YT

Hi all!!

So, we left Watson Lake, YT this morning around 7:40am after another nice quiet night of sleep and rest!!  We were smooth sailing down the Alaska Highway when we noticed a car pulled over on the side of the road (a sign that a critter is there) when BAM, we saw it:  a WOLF!!!!!!!!

"Wow!!!!" that is all I can say about the encounter we had!! But, since the Wolf is KK's FAVORITE animal ever, I thought I would let her describe it in her own words:

"Today was INCREDIBLE!!!!!!!! I got to see the most amazing animal ever in the wild! Most of you knew that my goal of this trip, was to see a wolf in the wild and that wish finally came true! My favorite part was to see the wolves eyes and to be only about 10 feet away from this incredible animal! I can already predict that today will probably be the highlight of this trip for me."

After our wolf encounter, we didn't see any other animals and honestly I don't think any of us cared because the wolf was that INCREDIBLE!!!  

This afternoon we made it to Kluane Lake, YT (our favorite place) and enjoyed the late afternoon playing on the beach behind our camp and playing mini golf too ;). We had another great day and we are beside ourselves to think tomorrow we will be in ALASKA already!!!

Here are some photos of our day:

Mr. Wolf:

Our first view of the Yukon River today:

Playing at Kluane Lake camp:

7/5/13: South of Fort Nelson,BC to Watson Lake, YT

Today we traveled from Bucking Horse Provincial Park in BC to Watson Lake, YT!!!!  Again, another long day of traveling.  We had great weather, great travelers and great views of animals!!!!  We left Bucking Horse PP around 7:40am and traveled 415 miles today to reach Watson Lake in the Yukon Territory!!  

Today was again amazing with scenery and animals!!  The list of amounts of each we saw is loooong, but all in all we saw: multiple moose, multiple black bear, multiple bison, multiple deer, multiple stone sheep, a caribou, a grouse and hmmm.... I think that is it --- but lots of each!!  It was another gorgeous day for sure!!!  We stayed at the Little Nugget RV Resort, we stayed there last time and so we knew it was a great place!!  Started off rocky with the power going out right after we hooked up, but luckily it was a fast fix!! The Mosquitos were again bad tonight, but we again suffered through just fine ;)

We are having a great time and can't wait to arrive in Alaska!!!  Here are a few photos from out day:

We are in the YUKON now!!

A common view on the highway: no one

Muncho Lake, Yukon

Awesome black bear munching away:

Tatonka:

7/4/13: Chetwynd,BC to Fort Nelson, BC

Happy 4th of July!!

We got another early start today, pulling out of camp at 7:38am and heading towards the Hudson Hope Loop highway in BC....  We knew we would get farther then we had originally planned since we were ahead of schedule, so we would just see where the road would lead us!!!

After traveling 439 miles today, we stopped at Bucking Horse Wayside Provincial Park in beautiful BC.  So, yes ... this means that not only had we made it to the "Alaska Highway" by day two --- but we were far north on the "Alaska Highway" by day two!!!!  Yay!!!

Bucking Horse PP is wayside park, so instead of all the beauty we have become a custom too at the BC parks, it is much more lacking.  Mosquitos were HORRIBLE, but we survived fine!!  The boys played football at camp and KK and I goofed off with her camera (sorry).  Oh, we only saw a momma moose and her calf today and some deer -- kind of disappointing, but again we are traveling in the middle of the day, so to be expected....

We are planning on a bright start again tomorrow... The weather has again been gorgeous!!!!  Here are some photos from out day:

Our first sign showing its getting close:

A beautiful view from Hudson Hope Loop

Camp photos at Bucking Horse Wayside:

Milepost planning for tomorrow:

Sunset:

7/3/13: Anacortes, WA to Chetwynd, BC

Day one of our journey north planned for us only getting up to Lac la Hache, BC --BUT... the non-traffic conditions, beautiful weather and great child travelers let us get all the way to Chetwynd, BC tonight!!  We drove 459 miles today and the kids (and Bo) were champs!!  

After literally driving all day, we pulled into Ten Mile Provincial Park, found a campsite and really enjoyed ourselves there -- bugs were ok and the sites were clean!  It was really warm on today's trip topping out at about 88 degree's at times- the dip in the lake this evening was great!! 

We are planning on getting an early start again tomorrow..   Below are some photos from our first day on the road!!

Brady makes our first campfire of the trip:

Camp pictures :

We are a little odd....

Nothing like goofing around while enjoying an awesome campfire!

Can't seem to stop smiling....

Just saying.....

Family, Friends, Fishing and Fun.....

Family, friends, fishing and fun!!  We were blessed with a fun weekend visit from Uncle Ryan last week, which included many hours fishing on the new boat!!  In the end, they only got two Ling's, we sure hoped for more, but oh well...

Saturday brought abundant sunshine, so we took to the water and had a fun picnic meet up with our dear friends, the Metcalf family, for more fun, fun, fun out at James Island!!!  The kids had a blast searching for agates, special "keeper" rocks, short hikes and KK even found a cool swing that they all got to play on!!!  

                                                          

                                                     

The weekend came to an end with Ryan getting his new love, Jack!!!  What a lucky dog (and human)!

                                       Ryan and Jack....

All and all, it was another fun and wonderful weekend!