We made it to the hot springs and it was fun. Pete and Janet rented suits I had mine and Bev wore leggings and a T shirt. The water was hot and not a very strong sulfur smell. We stopped at a place for cinnamon rolls that were very good. Bev asked for milk to go with it. They didn’t serve milk. “That is a luxury for us. We drive three and one half hours for groceries.” A different way of life.

Not a lot of scenery for photos again. I will post more later. Amazing and huge area with no telephone poles, side roads, billboards or houses. Some mountains in the distance. Mostly small evergreens and aspen with hills and swamps. Rivers big and small. Some lakes.

We dry camped at the hot springs in their “ overflow lot”. The camp sites were reportedly booked months ago because of the Victoria day long weekend. The drive to Watson Lake had lots of animals. Bear, woodlands buffalo, one caribou and mule deer. We saw lots of big horn sheep two days ago. Watson Lake has the famous sign post city. It’s an amazing collection of signs on lots of posts. They are primarily geographical signs from all over the world. Primarily from the United States. One was from Antrim county Michigan!

We were driving through beautiful mountains again with frozen lakes and trees that had not budded out yet. We drove down to Scagway. It was another beautiful drive with lots of snow covered mountains and lakes. We are staying downtown in a city RV park. Our plan is to look around here this am then on to White Horse.

We stayed at a very nice RV park last night. We did laundry and drained the tanks. It was a new experience! I was somewhat nervous but it was easy and went well. We are heading to a hot spring today. We didn’t bring bathing suits so we will have if we can get some.

Scenery from the 17th. Not a lot of pictures today. Not a lot of civilization.

Jasper with the burnt mountain side in the background

Jasper

Our overnight campsite

On Ice Fields Highway

At frozen Lake Louise

Our RV in Banff

Janet and Bev in Banff

From the gondola in Banff

Some of our first views of the mountains

I have not had Wi-Fi for 3 days. To catch up we have been busy and having a good time. We stayed near Calgary Wednesday with Janet and Pete. We woke up and the land electric line was not working. We went to town and ended up having breakfast in a nice little restaurant. We then drove to Banff. We walked around the town and did minor shopping. We rode the gondola up the mountain. There were tremendous views. Everyone says that Banff is beautiful but it Todsurprised me just how beautiful it is. Then on to Lake Louise. It was still frozen over so it was not that special. We drove to the ice fields highway. Once more amazing beauty. We “dry camped” in a lot for day trips to the Athabaska glacier. There were no services and there was only one other RV there.

The next morning after a walk to the glacier we drove to Jasper. There was a huge fire last year. Both sides of the road were burned. It consumed 130 square miles and burned the houses of 20,000 people in the town. We spent the night in Grand Prairie, Alberta. We were assured that the Wi-Fi worked but it didn’t.

Today we drove to Dawson Creek and started on the Alaska highway. We are staying in Fort Nelson at a very nice RV park. The scenery has changed dramatically since Calgary. The mountains of Banff. The glaciers and mountains of the Ice Fields highway. The burnt trees near Jasper. The return to agriculture near Grand Prairie then to vast forests. Some evergreen, some aspen and some mixed.

I will post several photos from the last few days.