After a great sleep and a nice warm shower we went for the promised amazing cinnamon buns at the campground store/restaurant. Here we found hot coffee and tea, fresh baked bread, homemade sausages, books and a variety of native art, knives and clothes.

We enjoyed our conversations with two gentlemen from the US and Al and Darlene from Manitoba.

The campground itself was unique with a diesel generator running in the barn to supply power to the campground, and a trailer with freezer style door handles that contained the washrooms and laundry room.

Gas was sold out, even at $1.59 a litre!

It seemed we were out of battery power as well as our van refused to start. No dash lights, no click, no nothing!

Martin began some troubleshooting, disconnected the vehicle battery, and borrowed a multi-meter from the campground. The battery read 0 volts. Strange. Maybe the meter was broken, so he tried measuring the coach batteries. They read 6V each as they should. A few more tests gave somewhat unexpected results. Time to ask whether they had another meter. The next meter showed 12V on the vehicle battery, so he reconnected it to the van again and all of a sudden everything worked! Phew…

Now the most breathtaking portion of our trip so far could begin. Most of the time we drove along lakes and rivers through the mountain ranges of the Rocky Mountains. We learned about folded mountains and alluvial fans caused by water draining after summer downpours.

Wildlife was abundant! We saw Stone Sheep, bears and bison.

Part of the Alaska Highway follows the Liard River and it took us to the Liard River Hotsprings Provincial Park where we had lunch followed by a soak in the pools filled with naturally hot spring water.

We made it to the Yukon!

Our destination for today was Watson Lake and we stayed at the Downtown RV Park. Dinner was across the street at a Chinese restaurant with homemade food for a reasonable price. The program for the evening was a visit to the Northern Lights Centre, the only planetarium in North America featuring the myth and science of the Northern Lights.