Left Big Creek campground the morning of September 3rd. We were now into the Labor Day weekend but, as it turns out, naively thought that it wouldn’t make a difference ‘up here’.
stopped at Watson Lake to dump the holding tanks. There is a nice little park here with a free dumpsite…
while Ernie did the dirty work I wandered about and was surprised to see this Red-necked Grebe youngster, still being fed by a parent..
duties done we were soon back on the highway….that is the Laird River down there…
at another spot along the highway we saw a family of Swans way off in the distance…
we are now back in British Columbia and also back in ‘Bison’ country…
here is an up close and personal look at a Wood Bison head….
stopped at the Laird River – there is a very small ‘rough and ready’ camping area here…
The river makes an abrupt turn at his point…
These asters were in flower – not sure of the exact variety that they are…
Our plan had been to stay at Laird Hot Springs, however, when we got there the campground was full (remember it was Labor day weekend and this is a campground you can reserve and as we found out – it is a favorite long weekend destination for residents of Fort St. John) so we continued on to Muncho Lake …
Where we found McDonald Campground on the north end of Muncho Lake to still have some vacancies so we quickly grabbed a spot. I much prefer this campground to Laird…far more scenic and far less busy…but Ernie, for some reason had his heart set on staying at the hot springs…
All of these campsites back right onto the lake.
In spring the wildflowers in this campground are spectacular….now it was time for ‘fall colour’
found a few late bloomers….
and some interesting seed heads – I’m not sure what this is a seed head off…
but they were quite tall as this picture shows…
The High-bush Cranberry were pretty spectacular…
and there were some of those Northern Grass of Parnassus here as well.
here is an evening shot of the lake…
and another….if you notice there are some birds just off of those reeds…
They were Greater White-fronted Geese. They had been on shore when Ernie (who took this picture) had been in the area, but had moved out by the time I got there.
This juvenile Bald Eagle was also there but it was getting pretty dark for taking pictures by this time. It was about this time that the park manager came to collect fees and when Ernie complained about not being able to get into Liard….the fellow said ‘no problem’ I’ll leave your name at the gate, and save a spot for you…so in the morning we would be retracing our route back to Liard Hot Springs.
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