Watson Lake

It rained all last night so in the continued rain, we had to pack up “No Set Path” soaking wet. We headed out (while the rain continued to pour) and on the advice of the girl from the Visitor’s Centre at Fort Nelson, we made our way to Tetsa River Services for a cinnamon bun, said to be “the best”. There are only three tables in the small cafe so patrons are encouraged to share tables. We had a wonderful time chatting with our table mates and then another couple at another table ending with an impromptu sing along (the couple at the other table being singers and all). The rain continued as we made our way north, at times the clouds were so low and we were climbing in altitude, we couldn’t see more that about 100 feet ahead of ourselves in the fog. Anyway, we got through but unfortunately for us we missed some spectacular scenery through the Northern Rockies due to the weather. Deciding to continue for as long as possible today (because we just didn’t want to have to set up camp in the rain) we stopped for supper at the Coal River Lodge. We were the only patrons there at the time and so had the opportunity to chat with Donna Rogers the owner. She explained to us how self sufficient you need to be to live/work up here. Her establishment is completely off-grid because the quite frankly the ‘grid” doesn’t reach as far as her establishment. Electrical power is via generators and phone and internet is a microwave system (cell phone reception is spotty to non-existent along the highway). We were fortunate in our roadside viewing today, sometimes we saw scenery but we also saw, bears, moose, wood bison and stone sheep. We completed today’s journey in Watson Lake, Yukon.Read more