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I spent the night at a super 8 in Ft Nelson, BC. I didn't get to bed until
1am and it never got really dark last night, WEIRD!!! I got up the next
morning and checked out at noon. Just before I checked out I was looking
out the window and noticed that the building next door which had a flat
roof kept a snow blower up there for use in the winter and just left it up
there in the summer. I was eating a burger in my truck when this pickup
with a camper passed by where I was parked, it drove up about a block and
parked in the shade, I had noticed they had Michigan plates so I stopped
by to say hello. I met Denny and Helen from Spring Arbor MI we talked for
about an hour while they ate lunch. this is their 5th trip up the Alcan
and they are headed first to Fairbanks where their son Steve is working
for the summer, He lives in Anchorage. We parted ways and I continued down
the road. I arrived at the Laird hot springs around 8:00. I changed
and hiked up to the springs, the first pool looked nice but I had read
that the upper pool about a half mile further up the hill was hotter so I
went up and checked it out. it was a deep pool over 12ft but kind of murky
and wasn't that hot. some people came by and said that the lower pool was
hotter so I headed back down the trail. Boy was this pool HOT they said
that the ranger had measured 118F that afternoon at the source. I talked
to a few people there and one guy gave me a tip to sweep colder water up
from the bottom as the top few inches are the hottest. there was a dam at
the end of the pool that led to a lower pool that was cooled by a river
and you could sit under the water spilling over the dam from the upper
pool. It felt so good to soak in the super hot water after many days
driving and I know I will stop back in on my way home. I ended my day in
Watson Lake, YK |
