A short ride from the motel brought the guys to the Sign Post Forest. What is the Sign Post Forest? This place was started in 1942 by a homesick G.I., as he worked on the Alaskan Highway. The original sign listed the number of miles the G.I. was from home. Soon other people followed suit and the forest was born! Today, people still post signs in the forest.
David, Joe, Stu, Fred, Mike
and Ron, at the gate of the Sign Post Forest.
Back in 2000, Fred and Pat were here in this very place with Fred's sister, Linda and her husband, Frank. They were on a motor home trip. Even with the locating directions that Fred had, the guys could not find the sign that, Fred, Pat, Linda and Frank had put up on that trip. Fred was very disappointed.
Sign, Sign, Everywhere a Sign. Blockin' out the scenery breakin' my mind.....
Thank you Five Man Electrical Band!
Fred searches the area for one particular sign.
The guys put two coins on this steel post in order to leave their mark.
Stuart, Stu's son, had these coins made to commemorate this trip for the six adventurers.
The coins are a beautiful creation.
Stuart, Stu's son, had these coins made to commemorate this trip for the six adventurers.
The coins are a beautiful creation.
Stu also had a Quality Deer Management Plate with him.
Shhh....Fred must be the Godfather, but don't tell anybody.
All six of the guys signed the back of the QDMA sign, added this blogspot address
and hung the thing up!
A very hygienic way to mark your territory don't you think?
When the adventuresome six left Watson Lake this morning they took the Alaskan Highway, or Alcan Highway. This road was built to connect the contiguous US to Alaska through Canada. Construction of the highway began in World War II and was completed in 1942. At that time the road was 2,700 km or 1,700 miles in length. In 2012 the road is 2,232 km or 1,387 miles long. Why the difference, you ask? The discrepancy in the reported kilometers, or mileage, has occurred as the road has undergone reconstructive work over the years. Portions of the roadway have been redirected and numerous sections of curves have been straightened.
The road begins in Dawson Creek, British Columbia and goes all the way to Delta Junction, Alaska via Whitehorse, Yukon.
The Alcan Highway had a bad reputation of being rough and difficult to travel. Its entire length has been paved.
The guys had lunch at the Yukon Motel's restaurant.
At the same spot there was a wildlife gallery. The gallery was full of amazing full mounts of...wildlife.
Looks like you can eat and get gas, all in the same spot. That's either convenient, or disturbing.
Fred, David, Joe and Stu ready for lunch.
The mounts in the Wildlife Gallery.
There were also full mounts of Black Bears, Grizzly Bear, Caribou, Muskox, Mule Deer, Wolves just to name a few of the different species. The guys really enjoyed seeing this place.
Here they approach Teslin Lake. They ran along side of this lake for almost ten miles.
They remarked that this area was very beautiful.
Most of the day, the group still rode with the coastal mountains on their left side.
The guys ended their day in Whitehorse, which is the capital of the Yukon.
