The boardwalk through the lush plant and boggy land made iteasy for us to get to the Springs. I wonder how the boys did it in 1942
Liard Hot Springs 2009
I can't imagine how much these soldiers enjoyed the springs.
Liard HOT Springs, 1942
Liard Hot Springs 2009
I can't imagine how much these soldiers enjoyed the springs. The work on that highway was brutal. The shifts were 12 hours on, 12 hours off.
Since it was mostly daylight they could work all around the clock.
Liard HOT Springs, 1942Wednesday, July 08
We have been told a lot about Liard Hot Springs. We hope to get there in time to find a spot at the Provincial Park.
Later…
This is a wonderful little park. We hurried down the road today in order to get a place in the Provincial Park since if you stay there the cost of the hot springs is waived. We found a spot and by 2:00pm we were soaking our cares away.
In the evening we followed a ranger down the boardwalk (to the springs) and learned a little about the plant life in the area and how it has adapted to the warm waters. The walk is planed so that the ranger ends up at the Springs and everyone can go soak again. The place was just full of people and I had forgotten to bring my camera (again) so I walked back to the camp with Sandy.
I decided to earn my hot springs experience by washing all the windows on the Roadtrek before returning to a very peaceful and nearly deserted pool. The water ranges from tepid at the lowest pool to hotter than you can stand at the upper end. What luxury! I slept like a baby!
LIARD HOT SPRINGS TO TETSA RIVER REGIONAL PARK
Thursday, July 09, 2009
I am usually relatively good with East, West, North, and South. Those who know me know that I am “right-left” challenged but that I know where North is.
Therefore, it was annoying this morning after driving for ten minutes to realize that I was headed back towards Whitehorse and points north. I was going west when I should have turned the other direction and be going South East. I wish I could say it was overcast but it really wasn’t. The sun just seems to behave a little different up here. It’s not exactly in the “right position”. Sandy asked me if I looked at the compass installed in the rearview mirror of the Roadtrek. Duh! I did eventually when I “felt” that something was wrong.
In any case, the drive today was through some beautiful country with unusual striations in the mountains. They were all buckled up by the movement of the continental shelf and appear to have been folded in upon themselves. The erosion of the last 45 million years has now exposed that long ago action.
Animals were all around today. There were bison, black bear, elk, caribou and the small stone sheep which is indigenous to this area.
Tetsa River Regional Park was a good choice. It was a peaceful evening with a view out the back window of the river. The folks next door are from Eugene, Oregon but didn’t know cousins Michael and Mary Foster. They looked like teachers so I thought the might. J
They are on a fishing trip and I shared my book, Guide to the Alaska Highway, written by Ron Dalby. It is a good book with lots of tips on the highway, where to find fuel, campgrounds, out of the way places, and fishing holes. I figure that friends Jan and Rich are going to inherit it for their trip to Alaska next year. Rich fishes, I don’t.
TETSA RIVER REGIONAL PARK to CHARLIE LAKE PROVENCIAL PARK
Friday, July 10
If we had been told how far we would drive today I would have said “No Way!” Our original plan was to drive a little over 200 miles but when we came to the park that we had selected from the Milepost we had second thoughts. The fact that it had been raining some and there were muddy puddles and potholes to drive through may have prompted our decision to press on. We checked out a couple of other RV parks and then just decided to press on to Charlie Lake. We ended up driving nearly 300 miles.
We have been told a lot about Liard Hot Springs. We hope to get there in time to find a spot at the Provincial Park.
Later…
This is a wonderful little park. We hurried down the road today in order to get a place in the Provincial Park since if you stay there the cost of the hot springs is waived. We found a spot and by 2:00pm we were soaking our cares away.
In the evening we followed a ranger down the boardwalk (to the springs) and learned a little about the plant life in the area and how it has adapted to the warm waters. The walk is planed so that the ranger ends up at the Springs and everyone can go soak again. The place was just full of people and I had forgotten to bring my camera (again) so I walked back to the camp with Sandy.
I decided to earn my hot springs experience by washing all the windows on the Roadtrek before returning to a very peaceful and nearly deserted pool. The water ranges from tepid at the lowest pool to hotter than you can stand at the upper end. What luxury! I slept like a baby!
LIARD HOT SPRINGS TO TETSA RIVER REGIONAL PARK
Thursday, July 09, 2009
I am usually relatively good with East, West, North, and South. Those who know me know that I am “right-left” challenged but that I know where North is.
Therefore, it was annoying this morning after driving for ten minutes to realize that I was headed back towards Whitehorse and points north. I was going west when I should have turned the other direction and be going South East. I wish I could say it was overcast but it really wasn’t. The sun just seems to behave a little different up here. It’s not exactly in the “right position”. Sandy asked me if I looked at the compass installed in the rearview mirror of the Roadtrek. Duh! I did eventually when I “felt” that something was wrong.
In any case, the drive today was through some beautiful country with unusual striations in the mountains. They were all buckled up by the movement of the continental shelf and appear to have been folded in upon themselves. The erosion of the last 45 million years has now exposed that long ago action.
Animals were all around today. There were bison, black bear, elk, caribou and the small stone sheep which is indigenous to this area.
Tetsa River Regional Park was a good choice. It was a peaceful evening with a view out the back window of the river. The folks next door are from Eugene, Oregon but didn’t know cousins Michael and Mary Foster. They looked like teachers so I thought the might. J
They are on a fishing trip and I shared my book, Guide to the Alaska Highway, written by Ron Dalby. It is a good book with lots of tips on the highway, where to find fuel, campgrounds, out of the way places, and fishing holes. I figure that friends Jan and Rich are going to inherit it for their trip to Alaska next year. Rich fishes, I don’t.
TETSA RIVER REGIONAL PARK to CHARLIE LAKE PROVENCIAL PARK
Friday, July 10
If we had been told how far we would drive today I would have said “No Way!” Our original plan was to drive a little over 200 miles but when we came to the park that we had selected from the Milepost we had second thoughts. The fact that it had been raining some and there were muddy puddles and potholes to drive through may have prompted our decision to press on. We checked out a couple of other RV parks and then just decided to press on to Charlie Lake. We ended up driving nearly 300 miles.
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