Stone Sheep and Bison and Bears, Oh My!

August 15th, 8:45pm


Fun fact: Liquor (and that includes beer) stores are closed on Sundays in the Yukon.  But the kindly Englishman-cum-Australian from the RV spot next to us gave us a Kokanee to share (this one's for you, Jeremy Webb!).

We left Liard at 10am and made it to Whitehorse by evening.  For us, that's a pretty long haul.  Some folks apparently told John that this trip would be like a second honeymoon.  I'd say that except for the constant bickering and stress, they were right!  Actually, we're getting along swimmingly.  And here's proof:

John made it to the hottest part of the pool using the secret magic of SCIENCE

I'm in the medium hot part of the pool

Post-soak

Along the way, we've seen lots of wildlife:

Stone sheep

Crazy roadkill-loving ravens

Bison

I'm most thankful for the wildlife we haven't seen: bears.  John saw one on the side of the road a couple hundred miles ago, but that was from the safety of the motorhome.  I'm super relieved we didn't run into any at Liard Hot Springs.  They closed the Beta Pool (just a few hundred meters away from the main pool) because of bears.

Problem bear!

That makes for serious soaking excitement.  After listening to Bowie in the RV, I made up some new songs to sing on the boardwalk out to the pool, to ward off any bears (This is Ma-juh Beahr to Grround Control) ... One of the members of the staff was using the boardwalk as his personal go-cart track, searching for his two dogs that took off after a bear this morning.  Not sure if he found them.

This reminded me of that bog with the dead people from Lord of the Rings, except with a golf cart

Cat update (because I know that's what you're really here for, Laura and Ed): all is well.  Henry is still freaked out and spends most of the day hiding (preferably underneath a sleeping bag):

Zaida likes to hang out under the table:

And Clancy is pretty cool with everything.

We're spending the night in Whitehorse and will head to Kluane Lake tomorrow, perhaps stopping at Tahkini Hot Springs along the way.  Until next time!

This shot was actually taken an hour or so before our voltage regulator malfunction, but I'm pretending it's a happy-trails-all-is-well-driving-into-the-rainbow-mood-setter for the end of this post.  You can pretend along with me.