Sunday, July 26, 2015
We are at Hay Lake, Fort Liard, Northwest
Territories. This seems to be a popular
local park with 12 campsites and no hook ups.
That means we are supplying our own electricity and water and we’ll have
to dump our tanks at our next stop.
We’re using our propane for cooking and heating. It’s been a nice relaxing camp.
I didn’t expect to have Internet access, but thanks to
all the mining companies around here, there is cell service so we have
Internet.
Here’s the view out my side window:
And the view out the back window.
We are in the Northwest Territories of Canada and we
mostly came up here to add another territory to our list. It sounded like it would be a nice trip and
was, except for the rain, but the scenery hasn’t been spectacular. The sign welcoming us to the Northwest
Territory:
But when we got to the campground and got settled in, the
wildlife started making an appearance.
First (as always) came the ducks.
More ducks.
Then the swans from the end of the lake came close enough
for some pictures.
But we couldn’t get all 5 in the same shot.
Non aquatic birds also made an appearance. We think this might be a gyrfalcon.
And these birds played along the shore.
But we really got excited about the beaver, who was
fetching twigs for his dam.
Neither picture is wonderful, but we had fun watching
him.
We headed back to Fort Nelson tomorrow. Then it’s on to Dawson Creek, where the
Alaska Highway (formerly known as the Al-Can highway) officially
starts/ends. Luckily there are still highways
beyond that to take us to Jasper and Banff.
Deb
