18 August 2018. Watson Lake, YT
About mid morning after leaving Marsh Lake, we found the cinnamon bun restaurant! Yum! We did stop there and partake.
The next stop on our journey was Watson Lake, Yukon Territory. At 1451 people, it is the third largest city in the Yukon Territory. It is famous for its Sign Post Forest, with over 80,000 signs. We brought ours to add to it!
We spent the night here and also visited its Northern Lights Planetarium. Apparently, now that we are low enough that there actually is some nighttime, we might be able to spot some northern lights. They said that there was a great show three nights prior, but where we were that night, it was raining. We have been trying to peak out each night since when we get up to pee…
The visitor center here was also quite helpful. There are many, many forest fires going on right now in British Columbia. They gave us an up-to date status, and confirmed that the Telegraph Creek area we had planned to spend two days in was closed and still under evacuation. There were also concerns that the main road we would take home (highway 16) was surrounded by several fires and closures were likely. Since we still had a couple of days before we got to highway 16, we decided to chance it. If the road closed, we might have to go back 1000 miles out our of way… what they heck! Hey – we are now devil-may-care travelers