Muncho Lake was "Mucho Magnificient!" (Day 42)

Hope you can zoom in to read how the Sign Post Forest got started.  We were shocked at how many signs people have put up from all over the world.  Forgot to bring our sign; but there are lots of signs of towns from Wisconsin representing all of us Wisconsinites. 



If you ever want to go and put up your sign…

go to Watson Lake, Yukon Territory.



That splotch in the center of our windshield isn’t from a bug that hit the window…but a “ROCK!”  There are so many roads under construction or roads that just warn you about damaged areas ahead for 100 miles!  We figured it would happen… covering so many miles with these road conditions.  So when we got a crack in another part of the windshield…our thoughts were…”Oh, well.”  Neither are in Bill’s line of vision, so that’s good. I marked it so I can watch how far it moves each day :-) 

I was hoping we would see the wild Mustangs.  One thing nice about most of the roads we have traveled is that they have large clearings on either side.  It gives you a good view of any wildlife grazing and a means to avoid from hitting them.

This was about the most beautiful place we visited.  It is called Muncho Lake in Bristish Columbia.  The water is so turquoise it almost looks fake.  They say the color is from the copper sulfur oxide that leaks into the water from the surrounding rocks.

 We figured we could handle lunch.  What we paid for burgers and fries could… “almost,” pay for a nice dinner back in the states.  After I read on the placemat that they have to transport their food 800 miles by truck, twice a week, I could better         

     understand the pricing.  I also think we were paying   

or the view and that I didn’t mind!

Today was also the day for some of the best rock formation viewing I have ever seen! The forces of Nature at its “Best!”

New animal to view…the Stone Sheep.  Are they eating stones?  We were told to watch out for them because they are usually in the middle of the road….”that is true!” 
I don’t know how they keep their footing on the sides of the
steep mountain roads.

Then around the corner…you go from bare rocks and boulders to rolling mountains with every shade of green in the palette.  I think when people say they live in BC…
it really means “Beautiful Country!” 

We camped at Fort Nelson in BC.  In the 1800’s it was a fur trading center.  Today, as you can see from the greenery…may explain the 55,000 agricultural subdivision Fort Nelson is developing.  Located in their town is the largest natural gas processing plant in North America that transports the purified gas to the lower
 mainland of British Columbia.

                      A little closer view of the water.

This resort was along the shores.  Everything must be brought in by truck or airplane.  They even have to generate their own electricity!  They have a lodge, cabins and fly-in fishing tours for anyone...

who can afford it.