Watson Lake

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...know that I am a few days behind blogging about our experiences. Please bear with us on that. Even though the trip is very peaceful in it's own way, a way that's difficult to explain but easy to experience. :) We do keep moving, most of the time, and have some late nights and early mornings. And card games!! :)

I am trying to report on our travels and adventures for family and friends and those who enjoy seeing and hearing about it. But I also try to live by the mantra "it's better to live life than to record it." :)

So the GoPro went into the bag not to resurface a few days ago, and photo taking has slowed to a trickle (although in the interest of honest reporting, the collection to date is sizable :)). But dealing with all that will have to wait as we "sip the moments," as my friend Debbie has coined the phrase. :)

Watson Lake at mile marker 635 on the ALCAN was our home for the night. It's a beautiful airfield with WWII beginnings and lots of history. It saw many thousands of service men and women and airplanes being delivered to Russia, who was then our ally in Europe. Now it's sleepy, picturesque, and typically Canadian.

After the drive into town to our lodging for the night, we had a delicious dinner out on the deck of a nearby restaurant, and retired to our rooms for the nightly card games. :) The next morning  we skipped breakfast to get an early start on down the 1422 mile Alaska Highway toward our loved ones and home.

The beauty and peace of this place and these flights make a fitting way to transition slowly back into a more normal environment than the wild, rugged, expansive beauty we've experienced for more than two weeks now.

We're all filled with awe and gratitude at what we've been able to see and experience, north in Alaska.