Hot Springs and animals

 After a wonderful stay at Muncho Lake, we moved along, only about 150 miles to Liard Hot Springs.  Laird is another British Columbia provincial park situated near another amazing natural attraction.

We are developing a natural 'rhythm' of travel which works very well for the 'first come, first serve' process of obtaining a provincial park camp site.  We rise early, with the sun, and are usually on the road by about 7:30.  We take turns driving, stop for short hikes and other sites, arrive early to midafternoon, set up camp, and see what there is to see (we generally know what there is to see).
The drive to to Liard was beautiful

And we saw sheep!They are so cute, and they come right down to the edge of the road.  It’s treacherous for them.

The GPS is funny.  Since we have the RV version, our ‘vehicle’ is an RV on the monitor.  When we enter a campsite, this is what our ‘location’ looks like.  Hope we don’t drive into the water!

At Liard, there was a wonderful walk through a bog and forest, ending at a hot spring.  Along the way we saw rabbits, Canadian geese, terns, a large bull moose (which escaped photograph efforts), tanker mosquitoes, and extensive wildflowers.

The hot springs ranges from intolerably hot, to very comfortable, as we progressed down the stream.  There was a rock monument at the hot end where one could place a rock ... if they live to make it that far.  We didn't try.

We walked the path to the springs several more times in an effort to find thatbull moose, but never saw him again.

It is so remote here. Certainly no phone service.  NOTHING comes in on the radio.  We carry portable radios, and can usually receive something, even a ‘bounce’ from Indianapolis, or wherever, but nothing comes in.  There were signs posted to call 911 in the event of an emergency – don’t know how we’d do that without phone service.

There is a herd of Wood Bison around Liard.  Lucky guests get to see them.  We went out for a walk, returning by the front gate of the park to be greeted by a bison !  We took a wide swing coming back in.

He worked his way into the campground (which he’s not allowed to do) so the park ranger had to chase him off several times using a ‘bear banger’ gun.  It’s a loud noise maker – we heard it go off several times during the evening.  The bison weigh over 2000 pounds and can run right through a camper trailer.We saw more of them heading out the next morning.  Leaving early has wildlife viewing benefits.

We also were very lucky to see this group of Grizzly bears

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On to Watson Lake.