Saturday, June 18, 2011

Across the (Sub)Continental Divide

I have just noticed our dates have been off a little.  Today is Saturday June 18.
Yesterday's Sign Forest in Watson Lake was posted late Friday, the 17th and the one before that was from the 16th but also posted on the 17th since we didn't have connection at the Hot Springs.

I hope that clears things up.....

We had another comfortable (short) day. After a leisurely start, we took a short walk to view the waterfalls at Rancheria Falls. They had a pleasant boardwalk to get us there.



Cloudy skies with a rare sprinkle kept the wildlife sightings down to a minimum; just one adult fox with kit. After the waterfall, we came to a Continental Divide at a fairly low elevation. The streams behind us (to the East) all combine to flow to the north and the Arctic Ocean (also called the Beaufort Sea); those we are about to come to all combine to flow around Fairbanks to the northwest and the Bearing Sea (then to the Pacific).


We stopped by midafternoon at Teslin, where the town and our campground are both just across this bridge (which is the longest of all bridges on the Alaska Highway).



Quiz time for our readers: What is the capital city of the Yukon Territory? (answer tomorrow)

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