When we drove into Watson Lake one of the first signs we saw was, "Fire Information" with an arrow pointing to a small building. the main drag is the Alaska Highway and almost all businesses are on it along a two mile stretch. In one block are the three public lodging and one of the two eating establishments. There was a faint odor of burning wood from the forest fires in British Columbia to the south. Each of the hotels had "no vacancy" signs out. We had called one motel a little way back before we left Alaska and they were already booked with firefighters from all around staying for the duration of the fire season.
At our hotel, The Big Horn, we had a room with a view, a view of an unfinished cement block wall next door, some new building in progress. The linen smelled like smoke and the room like disinfectant. Well, what could you expect?
By the time evening came the desk clerk was trying to get two firefighters to share a room.
Donna took these photos of sunset at 9:40 PM. We haven't seen a sunset like this for over a month.
Gorgeous sunset. Bring back some cool temps.
ReplyDeleteThose fires must be terrible!