Living in the Wilderness

Which often means we have no cell service or internet connection. It's been a few days due to the wild nature of this country since we last posted. I say we because Sue always checks my posts prior to publishing.

So we made little hops for two days; around 2 hour drives to the next lake for camping. Then today we were on the road for 8 hours making some distance. Tonight we stay in a small town called Teslin in the Yukon Territory. We just crossed the longest bridge of the Alaska Highway getting into town. It's just over 1900' long. Here's a view from the rest stop just before town.

We've seen quite a bit of wildlife the last few days. Most of them are feeding on the side of the road.

These beaver were swimming past the trailer at Summit Lake.

Bear, Moose, Buffalo, Sheep. We've seen a lot recently.

We've had some great campsites too. This is our spot at Summit Lake.

Sue dropped a line into Muncho Lake, but no bites.

We've been able to do a little hiking also. This is looking down on Muncho lake.

Unfortunately, this area is under siege by wildfire. The smoke is so thick in some places we keep driving past where we want to stop because it hurts our lungs. It doesn't seem so to us, but they are having a real drought issue. Couple that with higher than average temps and lightning storms and you have washed out pictures.

Janet was asking about mosquitoes. We had most of our problems in Washington State, with a little trouble in Dawson Creek. So far the bugs haven't been an issue enough to use the DEET. Avon makes a product called "Skin So Soft" which works miraculously well so we've been using that so far. We'll pull out the big guns as required. According to "The Milepost", the only time to avoid bugs on this trip is to go in the middle of winter. So we're expecting issues later.

If you don't hear from us for a while, be patient. I'll post when I can.

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