Watson Lake to Teslin Lake, YT
First thing this morning we spotted a brown Black Bear. The Black Bears like to forage at this time of year along side the road where the new grass and plant shoots are nice and tender. When the grass gets a little tougher in July, the berries will be ready and they will switch to the berry bushes. We have been told that if we spot a berry bush stay away from it as the bears do not like to share the fruit or be interrupted while eating. Black Bears eat over 250,000 berries a day - and it is a g
ood thing that every where you look there are berry bushes. In the fall the bears start eating the Low Bush Cranberries - what we know as Lingonberries. Not all bears eat salmon, but the ones that do are usually close to the salmon streams and Grizzlies are very prevelant when the "fish" are running. In Alaska, when someone refers to fish, they are talking about salmon - guess that is the important fish in this state.
ood thing that every where you look there are berry bushes. In the fall the bears start eating the Low Bush Cranberries - what we know as Lingonberries. Not all bears eat salmon, but the ones that do are usually close to the salmon streams and Grizzlies are very prevelant when the "fish" are running. In Alaska, when someone refers to fish, they are talking about salmon - guess that is the important fish in this state.We stopped at the Continental Divide Lodge for lunch today. Primarily because in the Mile Post it listed Rhubarb Pie as one of desserts they have there. That is Ken's favorite. This "restaurant" had 3 tables. Two of the tables sat 4 people and the other sat 6. Other than that, if there were more than 1
4 people, the extras would have to wait for an empty seat. The bar/lounge was unique in itself. It had the usual bar but the lounge had 2 sofas, 2 reclining chairs, a raised platform for an entertainer and when there wasn't live entertainment, there was a big screen tv on the platform. The front of the building was the counter to pay for gas, a few souveniers and a few snacks. Quite the place. The women running the restaurant were a hoot! One was from Whitehorse, a full time RN who worked 3 days a week at the hospital there and came to the Lodge to do all of their baking for them. The other woman lived in Alberta during the winters and worked at the lodge in the summertime. She made coffee and the water wouldn't drip through the grounds - this happened twice - and she had quite the mess. Two nicest women you ever saw but it was quite the experience. The rhubarb pie had just come from the oven so was quite warm, they didn't have any ice cream - that wouldn't be delivered until June 1st (it was May 26th) and they were just getting the place started that week.
4 people, the extras would have to wait for an empty seat. The bar/lounge was unique in itself. It had the usual bar but the lounge had 2 sofas, 2 reclining chairs, a raised platform for an entertainer and when there wasn't live entertainment, there was a big screen tv on the platform. The front of the building was the counter to pay for gas, a few souveniers and a few snacks. Quite the place. The women running the restaurant were a hoot! One was from Whitehorse, a full time RN who worked 3 days a week at the hospital there and came to the Lodge to do all of their baking for them. The other woman lived in Alberta during the winters and worked at the lodge in the summertime. She made coffee and the water wouldn't drip through the grounds - this happened twice - and she had quite the mess. Two nicest women you ever saw but it was quite the experience. The rhubarb pie had just come from the oven so was quite warm, they didn't have any ice cream - that wouldn't be delivered until June 1st (it was May 26th) and they were just getting the place started that week. Along this part of the highway are hundreds of names spelled out on the sides of the road with rocks. Some are very imaginative while others are just rocks. Also there are several "Inukshuks" - oringally rock cairns built by the Inuit as landmarks - left by travelers. We talked about "writing" our names, but it seemed like a lot of work to collect all the rocks, then climb the bank to write our names.
We passed over the Continental Divide which divides 2 of the largest drainage systems in North America - the Yukon River and Mackenzie River watersheds.
After getting to our campsite in Teslin Lake, we headed over to theTeslin Tlingit Heritage Center but as it was almost 5 o'clock and they were closing we only got to look at the Totem Poles outside the center. The Tlingit tribe pronounce their name as Klinkit. The 5 outdoor totems represent the Wolf, Eagle, Fron, Beaver and Raven clans.
Skagway will be our destination for tomorrow. Here are a few more pictures to finish the day.
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