Most Animals Return to Work; Moose Still Holding Out

Yes, it was a good day for animal sightings.  Got an early start from Ft. Nelson, BC, still heading North.  As we crossed the Rockies, the scenery became more rugged.  Finally, out they came:  a deer here, Stone sheep there, a slew of Bison and six bears--a pair of cubs among them.  Ahh!  But where were the moose?

After seeing signs along the road, we made a bun stop (cinnamon, of course) at a small store in Tetsa River.  One was enough to last us all day.

Mid-afternoon we crossed into the Yukon, new territory for both of us. 

Settled into A Nice Motel--actually, that's its name!--in Watson Lake, YT, a town known for its "Sign Post Forest."  It seems that a G.I. working on the construction of the Alaska Highway in 1942 erected a sign stating the distance to his home town of Danville, IL.  That was the beginning of a collection of directional and place name signs that now numbers over forty thousand.

A brief visit to US soil tomorrow.