Road to Alaska Day 3 of 5, June 30, 2013

Watson Lake is a stopover on the highway that connects the two major roads on the Yukon border, just over British Columbia.  It has the World Famous Sign Post Forest.  The forest was started in 1942 by a homesick US Army GI from Danville IL.  He erected a sign pointing the way and stating the mileage to his hometown.   As 2013 the forest has over 78,000 signs posted.   We will post our sign on the way home.

We saw two black bears, Jake's corner, Rancheria Falls and Nisutlin Bay Bridge.

One of solders was from Danville Illinois

We found sign from many different states and even some from other country.  If you had the time to look, I bet you could find a sign from your home town.

There are so many rows that you can even count them.

The city counts the signs by the number of new posts they erect each year.

In the middle we found an old fire truck and these machines that were used on the Alaska Highway.

At the end of the sidewalk they have a visitor center.

 

This is the flag that we plan to hang in the Sign Forest.

 Two black bears, one of them is cinnamon color (but still a black bear). 

Nice bear.  Don't eat Tom the cat.

Bear entering the woods, and we all know what they do there.

Rancheria Falls

Nisutlin Bridge

Jake's Corner.  The road to Skagway cuts off here.

Jack's Corner