We didn’t take any photos of the campground yesterday, so I took a few this morning after breakfast. There is a a little grass at the campsite and the roads are all gravel and dirt.
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| From Fort Nelson to Coal River |
We left Triple G Hideaway a little before 9:00 and headed north on the Alaska Highway. A few miles north of Fort Nelson we found a place where we could pull over to the side of the highway and park for a few minutes. Mike called the campground in Watson Lake to make a reservation for tomorrow night for 1 night.
We came across where the road was being repaired where the ground had slid out from under one side of the highway.
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We stopped for lunch at 11:15 near Summit Lake.
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This morning the only wildlife we saw was 1 deer, but after lunch we saw a lot of Stone Sheep including this mother and baby.
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| From Fort Nelson to Coal River |
An hour later we saw these 2 moose at a pond near the highway.
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| From Fort Nelson to Coal River |
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| From Fort Nelson to Coal River |
We had been driving in a light rain since about 11:00 and after a couple of hours the weather started to clear up.
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At 1:00 we arrived at Muncho Lake and the views were terrific. The water was so still and smooth, it looked as though the mountains continued down into the water. Muncho Lake is 7 miles long and 1 mile wide and is supposed to be 730 feet deep (400 feet is the deepest confirmed depth). It was so beautiful it was hard to stop taking photos.
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Later on we saw more Stone Sheep and then came across this Bison herd next to the highway.
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They had quite a few calves and they were all laying down in the grass.
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We arrived here at Coal River Lodge & RV Park at 2:30. We were told to pick out a site and then register. There was only 1 other RV parked here and we pulled into site #7. Mike went to the office to pay for the site. It was $25 CAD ($26.50 US) since we paid in cash; the price would be $28 if we paid with a credit card. We have full hook-ups with 20 amp electric.
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Mike checked the electric before plugging in to and it seemed OK. Our Progressive Industries Energy Management System kept blocking the electric and it turned out there was an open ground. Mike reported our problem to the office and they came right out and fixed it.
Coal River Lodge generates their own power with a diesel generator. We were close enough where we could hear the generator and smell the diesel, but we just closed the windows on that side of the RV and it wasn't too bad.
It was a good thing we stopped just outside of Fort Nelson to make our reservation for tomorrow night. Not too long after making our phone call we lost any cell phone service and don't have any here at Coal River.
Tinker made a friend today at Coal River - Rufus. Rufus lives at Coal River Lodge and is very friendly.
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