Two Hams on the Road

Thursday, July 23, 2015

We are at Northern Rockies Lodge on the Alaska Highway between Watson Lake and Fort Nelson.  It’s in British Columbia.  And this is the view out my window:

The side window has a view of the float plane the owners use for flight seeing trips. 

The day in Watson Lake started off with a rainbow.

The scenery was beautiful.

But the stars today were the bison.  First we saw one.

Then two:

And then we found the herd:

Mommas and babies

Six babies in this picture, two laying together poking each other.  Kids will be kids.

And this guy walking up beside us to make sure we weren’t going to cause any trouble.

We saw one more bison, but he was heading into the woods.  But then we saw the black bear!

He posed nicely and was still munching along the side of the road when we moved on.

There was some heavy construction today, but no major delays.  It looks like they are upgrading and straightening out one of the older sections of the highway.  Steve read that they didn’t want a straight highway when it was built, as that would make it easier for the Japanese to shoot up a supply convoy, if war ever came to this land.

The Northern Rockies Lodge is an interesting place.  It’s on its third owners, who bought it as place to base their flight seeing operations.  They fly people up to a remote National Park or to one of their remote cabins for sightseeing and fishing expeditions.  They built a new lodge a number of years ago when their business outgrew the original lodge and now have rooms in the lodge, cabins, most on the lake, and spaces for RVs to park.  And a good restaurant.

A great stop in a beautiful location!  We hope to be back!

Deb