From British Columbia to the Yukon...

This morning started out with a thick mountain fog.  Those of you who visited me in Fancy Gap will understand mountain fog.  Today was not the totally thick mountain fog where you cannot see your hand in front of your face fog, but a dense fog that kept you on your toes as you drive fog.

We had gotten gas and this time we filled the has the gas can.  We are now ready for anything,

It did not take long before we were driving underneath the fog cloud and in time the fog lofted to reveal a beautiful, bright sunny day.

We were traveling along twisty, turning mountain roads.  Today they were all two lane until we got to Watson Lake where the occasional passing lane reappeared.  But the farther we got and the more twisty the roads, the more we were finding picture postcard views of the mountains along the way.

As you can see, there is already snow on these mountain tops.  Our high temp was only in the high 40s.

We also had close encounters with more of the local characters.  We saw mountain goats along the road, but we missed getting pictures,  Then we ran into individual and herds of Bison,  Some were just lumbering along, many had curled up in 'nests' of mud or dirt that they had carved out with their hooves.  They were amazing animals to see up close.

Rob did manage to get a video of the one herd, but he needs to edit it as what he took takes up a lot of digital space.

We also managed to see some of Santa's Reindeer along the side of the road.  They must be in training for Christmas.

These are magnificent animals and look even more so in the wild, where they belong.  They really appear to own the land and we are the trespassers. 

We also came across fire scars in the land.  We passed through several areas where fires had happened in years past and the new growth had already begun.  One of the characteristics that we saw was when the fire did not burn the entire tree, and did not kill the tree when it did burn.  These trees, in this case birch trees, had their growth only at the tippy top of the tree.  Rob nicknamed them Lollipop Trees.

It was a really fun day and made the drive... my 12th day being in the car... go very quickly.

So we have 2 more nights on the road and three more days before I will be at my new home.  Getting really excited and hoping that the days will fly by like today did.