Thursday, July 1, 2010

Toad River to Watson Lake, June 30, 2010

Today, after looking at a map of British Columbia, we realized that the time change to Pacific Time did not occur right at the Provincial border. It came about 1 or 2 hours west the next day. That means that Donna and Kay were out walking/running on the highway last night in Dawson Creek at 11 PM with nearly full light. Awesome! I better explain that Toad River does not get its name from any concentration of toads. The origin seems to have been when the river did not have a bridge across it and all goods and people had to be "towed" across. Anyway, we had a good breakfast in the little restaurant before getting the RV unhooked from the electric and water supply and flushing out the waste water tanks, filling up one of the two propane tanks and topping off with diesel for the truck. On our way again, north by northwest, not towards Mt. Rushmore but towards The Yukon Territory about 210 miles by road. This turned out to be a good day for seeing wildlife. First were stone sheep, small with llama-like faces. Next we saw this cow moose in the pond by the road. Not too much later, after seeing road signs "Bison in Roadway", there they were, aherd of 30 or 40 including several calves. This one walked across the road as proudly and stately as you can imagine; no hurry, no worry.

1 comment:

  1. Is the second video (:53 min) a short version of the first video (1:59 min)

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