What a shame we missed the mother moose and her baby swimming in the lake behind our campsite at Toad River. We learned about it this morning and was hoping to catch a glimpse of them before leaving but no such luck. We drove 75 miles to Liard Hot Springs Provincial Park, paid $10 for a day pass, walked the ten minute boardwalk trail to the Alpha pool and enjoyed a 20-minute soak. This is the nicest hot springs we've been to so far. Last year they built a new change house and deck. The boardwalk trail crosses a wetlands environment that supports forest plants, birds, 14 orchid species and tiny little fish called Lake chub.
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| Yipee - this is great |
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| Whew, getting hot |
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| Bird's eye view of the hot spring's pool - new changing house |
From there we drove another 130 miles to Watson Lake and officially crossed over from BC to the Yukon. Our drive was full of wonderful surprises including herds of Wood bison, Bighorn sheep and a very large black bear. In my opinion, seeing these animals in their natural habitat is what traveling the Alaska Highway is all about and we're loving it.
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| Don't you just love their slogan? |
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| Bighorn sheep posing pretty |
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| These are the largest horns we've seen |
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| Wood bison |
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| Large black bear |
We LOVED Liard. Is Armond still the campground manager? We stayed there for a few days in April 2009 waiting for a storm to cross the Rockies. Oh my. Cold but incredible. Have a wonderful time.
ReplyDeleteWe didn't stay overnight so I don't know if Armond is still there. We got a day pass and the weather we had was just the opposite from what you experienced and the mosquitos were swarming.
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