Canadian graffiti and Pine Lake Yukon camping

Watson Lake camping was in the city campground which was nothing more than a muddy parking lot with full hookups.  Every couple days we need to dump our tanks and refill fresh water so we alternate between wilderness camping and private campgrounds.  The city campground was packed and I think most people RV'ing to Alaska prefer full hookups with cable, internet and all that.  We've been on the road almost an entire month and have not turned the TV on other than to watch a couple movies we brought with us.

Upon leaving Watson Lake we discovered the sign post forest wasn't the town's only unique attraction.  For the next 40 miles, along the road was a mecca of graffiti from locals and travelers.  The graffiti consisted of rocks lined up to form letters and symbols upon the hills that ran parallel to the road. 

It was a beautiful drive today and we made some miles.  Some of the road  had frost heaves which buckles the road with wavy dips in the road.  You need to watch out for frost heaves or you'll end up airborne.  Most of them are well marked with signs.  A few rough spots on the road but all in all not bad.

New wildlife encountered was a herd of beautiful wild horses along the road.  We pulled over to watch the herd.  You could almost sense the hierarchy among them.  What we thought was the leader was a wise looking sprited horse who looked in charge.  We got some video but no pictures.  When we departed, the horses took off after us and ran along the road a ways before stopping.  Maybe they felt they were running us off or just maybe they wanted to go to Alaska with us.

Other new wildlife we saw was the first Grizzly bear a few miles from where we are now camped in the provincial park Pine Lake Yukon.  This campground has everything we love about camping.  The pine forest is thick and beautiful.  Great camping sites all spread out, a lake, and all the free firewood you want.  So we built a campfire to stay warm in the 37 degree weather around here which is pretty chilly for our thin Florida blood.

Watching us by the Campfire

Provincial parks have no water or electric but they are only $12 per night.  Such a bargain.  This time of year it appears about 75% of the parks are still closed.  Most will be opening in the next couple weeks.

We're not far from Haines Junction and getting very close to Alaska.