A nights stop in Watson Lake.
During WWII and the building of the Alaskan
highway, to protect Alaska from the Japanese attacking its borders, the GI's
based in Watson Lake got homesick.
So
they put up a sign post with their hometown and how many miles away it
was.
Just for fun and to have a way of
thinking about home.
Now, almost 75
years later, there are over 80,000 signs in the Sign Forest.
Anything from peoples governmental roadside
city population signs to trash can lids to wooden signs and even a few toilet
seats.
We found an old car license blank
and put our information on it to post.
The Northern Lights theatre puts on a good show and information about
the Northern Lights or Aurora Borealis.
Too bad it's best seen in the winter, as it is on my bucket list.
Too many hours of daylight in the summer to
get dark enough. But it makes for great 2am dog walking when I forget to close
the bedroom door to block out the light.
Not much else in Watson Lake but a nice stop over. Of course, we had to make our own sign to post on the famous wall.
The scenery along the next part of the drive to Whitehorse was beautiful. If not for the large number of bugs that gave their life on my windshield, the pictures would have turned out better. Curvy roads with their share of pot holes and washboard sections. Muncho lake was beautiful. Wish we could have stopped and kayaked, but we wanted to get to Whitehorse before it rained.
A nights stop in Watson Lake. During WWII and the building of the Alaskan
highway, to protect Alaska from the Japanese attacking its borders, the GI's
based in Watson Lake got homesick. So
they put up a sign post with their hometown and how many miles away it
was. Just for fun and to have a way of
thinking about home. Now, almost 75
years later, there are over 80,000 signs in the Sign Forest. Anything from peoples governmental roadside
city population signs to trash can lids to wooden signs and even a few toilet
seats. We found an old car license blank
and put our information on it to post.
The Northern Lights theatre puts on a good show and information about
the Northern Lights or Aurora Borealis.
Too bad it's best seen in the winter, as it is on my bucket list. Too many hours of daylight in the summer to
get dark enough. But it makes for great 2am dog walking when I forget to close
the bedroom door to block out the light.
Not much else in Watson Lake but a nice stop over. Of course, we had to make our own sign to post on the famous wall.
The scenery along the next part of the drive to Whitehorse was beautiful. If not for the large number of bugs that gave their life on my windshield, the pictures would have turned out better. Curvy roads with their share of pot holes and washboard sections. Muncho lake was beautiful. Wish we could have stopped and kayaked, but we wanted to get to Whitehorse before it rained.
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