We started or second week with breakfast in a unique placed called Meg’s and Mel’s, a one-woman operation and ended it with dinner in a truck stop called Bee Jay’s. We covered 323 miles in 8:32 hours. We learned several valuable lessons today: 1) Stone Sheep like to lick the minerals off the roadway and usually it is in a blind spot. We had several quick stops today due to sheep licking the road. 2) When caught in a herd of buffalo crossing the road, do not roll down your window! Mosquitoes swamped us, it took the next 10 miles to get them out and I have blood on my jeans from those little suckers. However, we did get some great photosJ. We are still impressed by the Alaska Highway, even in the gravel spots, you can maintain good speed and it is not crowded. We only had two construction areas today, and they were short stops. Today the scenery was outstanding, raging rivers, babbling brooks, rocky peaks, lush green meadows, and tree covered mountains. We saw brown bear, many black bears, tons of buffalos and Stone Sheep. We stopped for lunch at Muncho Lake; the water is blue and green. This would be a nice place to spend a few days, maybe later. We got into Watson Lake and started looking for a hotel. Nina had read about a place called The Air Force Lodge that is a restored WW II Bachelor Officer Quarters for Army Air Corp Pilots. The rooms are plain, just a bed and TV, the showers and bathrooms are down the hall, and quiet time starts at 2230 hours. There is 1942 era music playing in the hallways. It is clean, cute, and continued our day of unique experiences.
Great post--how interesting! Nothing exciting here--just a lot of fireworks at the winery down the road and Brasstown Lodge--very much like an artillery barrage (Viet Nam Vet says). Had to give up watching a movie on the porch because it was so loud it drowned out the speakers! Anyway--headed for bed now--glad you had a good day. Sleep well--and yeah--I know, it's still early your time.
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