The new office: Institute for Circumpolar Health Research
We've appreciated the warm welcome to our new community, and are still settling into both office and home. We've got appointments to set up local banking and internet service, and are figuring out the local groceries and services. Our rental is a 15-20 min walk from the office, and so far the only weather threats are occasional afternoon thunderstorms with very occasional and fleeting hail. Here are a few pics from the new place(s)....
We've arrived in Fort Nelson, BC this evening, nearing 1800 miles on the trip meter. Sunny weather continues to follow us around, although the past few days it has been joined by an occasional late afternoon thunderstorm, and hazy smoke from the hundreds of fires burning just south of us...tomorrow we take the Fort Liard turnoff (the Deh Cho route) which is mostly gravel; we should be in Yellowknife by Saturday afternoon.
Of course, from Whitehorse, we had to go to Johnson's Crossing via Ross River, mostly a gravel route-if ever you have the chance to go this way, take it! The Lapie RiverCanyon area at one end took our breath away, as did all the magical lakes and creeks along the way to the Teslin River bridge-ending in the heart of traditional Tlingit country.
Signs keep warning of nearby bears, but in the past two days, wandering the roads of northern BC, we have actually had to brake for mountain goats, stone sheep and caribou, and craned our necks to see wood bison in the nearby grassy fields.
Wild strawberries abound, ripe for the picking as were some red bearberries just off the trail near our cabin at Muncho Lake. Discovered strawberry spinach today-what a fun find!...
Fortunately, a quick soak in the Liard Hot Springs of northern BC yesterday soothed both the sore muscles and the very few bug bites we've sustained.
On the road from Ross River
Creek scene
Magic around every corner
On the road from Ross River to Johnson's Crossing
A glimpse of Lapie River Canyon
Gravel is small price to pay to take slow route to Johnson's Crossing
