Day 14 Tagish River to Watson Lake

Wednesday morning we were leaving the Tagish River area by 9:30 am. We decided to take a side trip down to Atlin which is in the northwestern corner of BC. The Atlin road isn't paved for the most part and the poor Explorer was covered in a dirt/oil mix until we could wash it off in Watson Lake. The scenery at Atlin was worth the trip.

At Watson Lake we stopped in at the Info Centre and had a tour of the Signpost Forest and then set up camp at a west end campground. Cost was only $10.00 and we got a further $2 plus off the next day from our gas bill as we had been camping customers.

A couple from Texas were also tenting there and shared the below zero temperatures with us. They also shared the camp cat who mooched food and attention. They had been over the Top of the World Highway and been a lot further into Alaska than we had.

There was also a power wash available to wash off the Explorer which by this point badly needed it. So with everyone washed up we got ready to head off to Fort Nelson BC then next day.