We enjoyed a beautiful morning at the Lake watching float planes arriving and departing followed by a short drive of 32 miles to Liard River Hot Springs Provincial Park. 
The natural hot springs are a must stop for those that enjoy a relaxing soak. For the rest like Jeff it was a chance to relax for a couple of hours and putter around the motorhome..JPG)
The day was also a good one for seeing wild animals and even getting photos of a couple of them. The take today was a large black bear not 5 miles from the Muncho Lake Campground followed by stone sheep, long horned sheep, and a couple of buffalo. 
We came over the brow of a hill in the middle of a conversation about the highway and the bear was right alongside the road. By the time we stopped, grabbed a camera and were ready to shoot he had ambled into the woods.
After the visit to the hot springs and lunch we drove 120 miles to Watson Lake where we are spending the night. Watson Lake began life as a trapper’s cabin for John Watson but went through a large transformation when the RCAF designated it as a key supply base for the chain of air bases leading to the Northwest. It later became a major staging area for the construction of the Alaskan Highway and is still one of the primary stopovers for those of us traveling the route.
We enjoyed the forest of direction signs that have become a Watson Lake trademark as well as visiting their interpretive center with a great 18 minute video presentation of the highway and its impact on northwest Canada and Alaska.
After dinner at the local hotel we attended a movie at the Watson Lake Northern Lights Space and Science Center that displayed the Yukon Territory Northern Lights in all their glory on an observatory overhead screen.
We returned to the campground for a little relaxing and Jeff washed the CRV that was showing a thousand miles of the motorhome’s dust!
Tomorrow we move up the highway another 180 miles to Teslin and a salmon bake at Mukluck Annie’s.
