962 June 20, 2023 Road To Teslin

This morning, I walked down to the lake and then did loops around the campground.

The ride today was not quite as thrilling as yesterday’s; though pretty.

We could see the Cassiar Mountains ahead.

We stopped at the Rancheria Falls Recreation Area to stretch our legs.  This is a boreal forest.  There was a wildfire here 100 years ago.  It takes three times longer for a forest to regrow here in the north.We walked the easy trail to the waterfalls.

We passed over the Continental Divide.

The Alaska Highway flirted with the border of British Columbia and Yukon for miles.

Just before Teslin, we saw a mother black bear and an older cub munching posies.  We parked on the shoulder and watched them for a long time.

Mama

Baby bear

We arrived in the town of Teslin at about 2pm.  I worked on the blog for awhile but the service was slow and we finally gave up and moved on. 

We were tired and I was getting grumpy.  We decided to stay at Johnson Crossing Lodge and RV Park right along the Teslin River.  The WIFI was ok and I was able to get yesterday’s blog completed.

While I was working on the blog, Tim went out for a walk. We saw a guy sitting by the roadside when we arrived and he was still sitting there a lot later. Tim approached him to see if he needed help. His name was Stefan. He had paraglided to the river and was waiting 3 hours later for his ride to come and get him. He had no cell service and couldn’t text. We helped him use WIFI to make contact with the driver who was coming with his car!

For dinner, I made a recipe from Dre.  We had Taco Mac and Cheese with Banza chickpea pasta.  We took our dinner down to the river.