Following a stop in Fort Nelson to empty tanks and pick up supplies we turn west again towards the Yukon. The mountains of the Three Sisters Range , the Cassier Range and later the Coast Range, are always in view and keep up stopping in turnoffs to enjoy the view and marvel yet again at God's creation. Today we were stopped on the highway by a herd of Bison (buffalo for you southerners) There were 60-70 in the herd and some were walking right on the highway we had to wait over five minutes for them to decide to move, apparently they like the grass that grows along the roadway. They are a very slow moving animal but they are able to run faster that people for a short distance. As with all wildlife we took pictures from the safely of the RV.
This morning we finally saw our first Grizzly bear, in fact Momma and two cubs eating berries and grass along the side of the road, we waited hoping they would get up to the roadway but they were happy in the berry patch. Later we found a young black bear and it came right towards the RV. That likely meant that someone had fed it at one time and it was looking for more human food. Sadly any bear that has had human food will become aggressive for more and will have to be killed. Signs everywhere say " A fed bear is a dead bear" but some people are just dumb.
We pass bison several times throughout the day. We find a nice spot by a river to boon dock for the night.
Next we visit the town of Carcross shortened from Caribou Crossing to see the Desert garden. Not a true desert because it is not arid but a area of sand left from the ice age that is continued sculpted by the wind. It is quite unique for this far north.
We are now in Whitehorse, Yukon for a couple of days of R&R before heading north into the interior and on to the Arctic Ocean. I'm hearing that the pictures are popular with some of you so will try to get more on.
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