08/26/19 - Fort Nelson, British Columbia, Canada

Going from Watson Lake to Fort Nelson, we drove through the Northern Rocky Mountains.  There's some beautiful areas. The highest point on the Alaska highway is Summit Lake at an elevation of 4250 feet above sea level

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We stopped across the highway from Liard River Hot Springs Provincial Park; there is an overflow parking lot. There's a fee booth as soon as you turn off the highway to go to the hot springs and campground. We just wanted to go in and look around, but we found out they charge $5/person for day use, so we didn't. We have seen hot springs before. I don't know if this one has the sulfur smell the other ones have; if they do, I wouldn't want to soak in it. I know it's a very popular place.

Muncho Lake is known for its jade green color which is attributed to the presence of copper oxide leached from the bedrock below.  We stopped at a couple places along the way for pictures. 

One of the ladies at the Watson Lake visitor center said we'd see more animals along the route from Watson Lake to Fort Nelson, than we've seen anywhere. She was right. We saw wood buffalo, caribou, stone sheep and deer along the way today. Missed two bear pictures.

We stopped at the visitor center in Fort Nelson. They have free wifi and a free dump station and water next door.  A little ways from there, we stopped at a turnout at MM 245.3 for the night. What we've seen of British Columbia is that it's very clean and ditches and roads are mowed. There's a lot of litter cans and no garbage.

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