Thursday, May 20, 2010

Alaska Trip: Day 2



Photo 1: Most expensive gas of the trip. This was a small outpost far away from anything. The going price of gas had been about $1.10 per liter but was more like $1.60 per liter there.











Photo 2: Inside the outpost-store-home was a taxidermied wolf. I petted it.




Photo 3: Look how bravely I approached these nice caribou on the road. I got so close I could practically touch them.






Photo 4: More wildlife - some beautiful rams crossing the road.









Photo 5: Finally we took a break from driving! We stopped at the magnificent Liard River Hot Springs which are way, way up north in BC. It was kind of amazing to me that there were these nice wooden boardwalks and changing rooms and the whole thing was free. The fluctuation in the water temperature was really crazy... sometimes I'd be sitting in a comfy spot and suddenly a hot-current would wash over me. Sean is not into hot water, per se, so he just sat on the edge and chanted his little anti-hot-tub mantra "A pot roast cooks at 140..."

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