6.4.15  No pictures today

British Columbia and the Yukon Territory have a wonderful provincial park system. The parks are located near travel ‘targets’ (beautiful lakes, hot springs, small towns), which makes it easy to travel through the provinces.  They vary in size (15 – 75 camping spots), are clean and well maintained. The camp sites are spacious and primitive (no electric or water). Some camps have potable water, some do not. 

Connectivity to the ‘outside’ world is pretty bad compared to what we are used to.  Generally, there is no phone service along the highway or in the campgrounds.  If we get to a town with more than 500 people, we sometimes get a phone signal.  Very few businesses have viable wi-fi.  We went to a public library in search of wi-fi, and while they had it, the service was so slow we couldn’t update the blog.  So, today’s post will have no pictures.

We have met lots of interesting people.  Many are on long trips to Alaska as a bucket list project.  We met folks from New Zealand who flew to Seattle, bought a truck and trailer, and are spending all summer doing the Alaska circuit.  They will then will leave the rig in storage back in Seattle, to come back next year to do another travel circuit. It is their plan to do this for 4-5 years to see various parts of North America.  We met a couple who built their camper (he’s a cabinet maker).  It was beautiful.  Everyone has a story about why they are here, how they got here, and where they are going.

Small town museums are interesting.  They have video’s and DVD’s to show visitors, on demand.  We were in a museum where they turned off the space heater in the museum, so that they could turn on the space heater in the video room.  Otherwise, they’d have blown a fuse.  Everything in these small town is very quaint. 

We saw great animals on the last two stops – will post pictures when we get to Whitehorse – if we can find internet there !