Pink Mountain -> Liard Hot Springs -> Whitehorse

July 8-9: Slept in a bit this morning, after such a late arrival last night. Woke up to a sunny day and fewer bugs – yay! After we got ready, we hit the road, aiming for Liard Hot Springs. The drive was beautiful! Uneventful at first, then we drove through some amazing geological phenomenon that makes up the Northern Rockies. On our drive, we saw a black bear, a caribou, a herd of bison, and some stone sheep (I think). So cute!

We pulled in to the Liard Hot Springs Provincial Park a little before 9pm, and set up camp. While the gents started working on making fajitas, Meadow and I trekked to the hot springs. We exited the electric fence that surrounds the campsite (put in to deter bears.. apparently in 1997 the “Worst Bear Attack in North America” occurred – yikes!) and walked the appx. .5 mile boardwalk to the hot springs. After a quick soak, we headed back, ate together, and had a roaring fire before bed. Lovely!

After breaking up camp the next morning, Dustin, Logan and I went to the hot springs for a nice soak while Meadow read and stayed with the dogs. The drive out of the park to our next location was long and dull. Just miles and miles of straight roads with subalpine fir and shrubs. When we made it to Whitehorse, we were hungry, tired, and bored, but we found a really unique restaurant with amazing food, drinks, and hot sauces! By the time we finally got to our campsite, it was close to 11pm, and beautifully bright out still. We stayed at The Caribou RV Park, which was clean and cute. We set up camp, settled in, and slept hard.