We woke up at the Watson Lake airport and headed into town to use the free wifi at the visitors center. There's a cell signal around Watson lake, but for some reason my phone won't connect to the data. It shows a UMTS connection with no data, but the calling features work fine. Not sure what's going on there, but it's frustrating. (And then for no reason it started working later in the day. And now, in Teslin, it's not working again. Arg!)

Before leaving the airport though, we had a couple of things to do.

First, we had to get a photo of the Watson Lake terminal building... Watson Lake Airport. The BC-Yukon Air Services Hangar.
Built in 1941, it played a key role in the American Army’s WWII lend-lease program as well as in the building of the highway. From the wreck of an Avro Lincoln that crashed at Watson Lake in 1948.

And the other thing we had to do was to find a number!

Yukon Tourism has a contest going on this summer, and we want to win!

At the Tourist Info building in Watson Lake, you can pick up a Yukon Gold Passport. Inside, it lists 37 attractions in the Yukon that are part of the contest. If you get 10 stamps out of those 37 attractions, you get entered to win 1 troy ounce of Klondike Gold. If you visit 20 attractions, you could win 2 ounces of Yukon Gold!

I figure that not many people will play to win, so there won't likely be many entrants. At some of the attractions, such as the Watson Lake Airport, you simply have to find and write down a number that is somewhere in the airport. We found it!

We will have more fun collecting stamps over the next two months and then hand it in at the end of our trip to be entered in the contest! We each have a Yukon Passport.

From the airport, we drove back into town and parked up at the visitors center. Lots of RV's coming and going!

And then, we had a knock at the door...

"Are you Kevin and Ruth?"

Yep, we are!

Terry and Mona from Kelowna, British Columbia have been following the blog and finally found themselves at the same place as Sherman. Funny though, they were parked up at the airport as well, but they didn't see us there because there is quite a lot of space up there.

Nice to sit and chat for a few minutes, and maybe we'll see them again at some point over the next two months. Mona and Terry and their rig.

Then, we went for a hike around Wye Lake. The town of Watson Lake is not actually located right at Watson Lake. The original townsite was at the airport, which is actually located on Watson Lake. But the town was moved to "the wye" at some point, and now sits by Wye Lake. Arctic Lupine. They are a very hardy wildflower. Ruth, out for a walk. Wye Lake. There's a boardwalk on some sections.
About 3.5 kms around. Nice walk.

We went back to the motorhome and had some lunch, and then walked across the road to the Northern Lights Centre.

On the way over, we walked by four old British (right hand drive) cars that were obviously on some kind of mission. We didn't talk to the drivers because I figured I could find out about them on the internet. But I can't come up with anything! I searched the internet for info about this, but can't come up with anything. The Northern Lights Centre. How many millions of miles from earth. Not every day that you see Australian licence plates over here! Three free computer stations at the Northern Lights Center. Surround theater.

The Northern Lights Centre offers two movies shown on their surround screen. Both movies are included in the $10 adult admission, and they last a total of about 50 minutes. They explain the phenomenon of the northern lights, and these movies are your best chance of seeing the northern lights at this time of year! Comfortable seats that almost lie flat, and it gives you the impression that you really are watching the northern lights. Really good show!

Oh... don't forget to get your $1 off coupon from the visitors centre.

Then, we decided to get some driving done. With daylight lasting until pretty much 11:00pm, you can drive later in the day and still be able to see everything. We did another 130 kms (81 miles), then found somewhere to stop for the night. Scenery along the way. We love the mountains. Sherman, taking a break. We better get parked up before it starts to rain.

We pulled into a spot beside a picnic shelter at a tailhead. In Yukon, the only places you can't overnight are the places where it specifically says that you can't. Otherwise, it's all good.

And as soon as we got parked up, the skies opened up and the rain came down.

After supper, we walked down to the falls. This was taken after the rainstorm. The Rancheria Falls. Ruth at the falls lookout. Beautiful rugged scenery.

A little van had pulled into the parking area, and we met the occupants on the trail. The van had Chile licence plates. Yes, Juan and Lucia are driving from Argentina to Alaska. We talked to them for 15 minutes or so. A fun young couple on a great adventure. We didn't get a photo of their van, but I borrowed this from their facebook page... Lots of fun meeting like minded people on the road.

Slept like a log, and this morning we are making our way to the community of Teslin.

We're going to make a detour north to a camping spot at Quiet Lake. It is highly unlikely that we will have internet access from up there, so if you don't hear from us for a day or two, it's not because we've been eaten by bears!

In the U.S., great deal on this

Big 299 piece First Aid Kit

And in Canada, the highly rated Shark Vacuum is on sale!
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