12 Bear Day

On Sunday morning we hit the local pub to watch the World Cup finals.  We hooked up the car in downtown Jasper and planned to spend three days cranking out some big mileage.  Our first day wasn't out best.  We lost our credit card at the bar, got 4 chips in the windshield from oncoming trucks, the tow car battery died and had a little encounter with the nasty people running the Walmart in Dawson Creek.  We drove an hour north of Dawson Creek and stayed at very nice Provincial Park for the night.  Long days of driving for us are around 9-10 hours.  We are slower than a car because the mountains really slow us down and we have to stop every 2.5 hours to start the tow car.  We stayed night two in an overflow lot at the Laird Creek Hot Springs.  Things improved significantly when we went to the natural springs.  We went in the evening after getting set up and I went back in the morning before we left.  It was beautiful and so relaxing. During our first two legs there were signs everywhere for bison, deer, caribou and moose.  We were very excited but only saw one moose.  Our last leg was completely different.  We saw 12 bears.  I absolutely love seeing the wildlife.  We didn't get pictures of all of them but I've included a few.  We also saw a number of bison.  One was actually running down the road toward us, check out the video (my IT consultant Elena has to post these for me).  We are now in Whitehorse in the Yukon Territory and only 300 miles from the Alaskan border.  We have covered over 8,000 miles since we left Illinois on March 23...that is a lot!  We are still happily married!  Lilly still does not like to ride in the RV.  Cheese and Xanax helps but if she could talk...