Now, back to June 18th I wanted a picture that showed how Muncho Lake actually laps at the edge of the highway in a number of places....it was a concept I couldn't get across to the driver who kept stopping in places where this didn't happen - so I gave up and just took this picture.
Muncho Lake is actually quite long and there is a second campground at this end of it....another nice one although even smaller and with a few more deciduous type trees than the one we stayed in.
We are now headed into the northern end of the Rocky Mountains......
and it didn't take long to come across a herd of Stone Sheep......
they were unconcerned as we pulled over and stopped, along with several other vehicles......
more Stone Sheep
isn't that just the cutest thing?
this is looking back from the pullout - that is the Alaska Highway folks! Not for the faint hearted in this particular location.....
this is looking the other way....this stretch doesn't last too long, so as long as you aren't driving, shut your eyes and it will soon be over with! While we were watching, one of those little guys, that had been on our side of the road, suddenly ran across the road, along the cliff face and then took a flying leap across the road and right to the bottom of this ravine - every one watching let out a collective gasp and figured he was done for.......
but no, up he trots with a grin on his face!
a view a bit further along...
this mountain is called 'Folded Mountain'......
Information sign about Folded Mountain.
and a closer look at the rock formation......
another rest area had a trail to some erosion pillars.....this was the trail leading away from the highway......
and this is one of the erosion pillars.....
that's me making my way up the trail......
some more Arnica growing along the trail....
This is Summit Lake. There was a lovely little campground here and we stopped and pulled into a site to have some lunch - there was only one occupied site in the whole place. We were eating lunch when a guy comes along and tells us to get out of there unless we are staying the night 'cause someone might want that particular spot.....now I would have loved to spend the night here but Ernie was so mad that there was no way he was staying after that - we spend enough time in provincial parks to know the rules and the etiquette of them....Don't know who runs that campground but they sure aren't doing tourism any favors in that neck of the woods!So back on the road we amused ourselves with counting the types of RV's....we'd been thinking that by far, Class A's made up the bulk of the RVs on the road....and our informal survey, done over a couple of hours proved us right:
Class A's (bus type RV's usually with a tow vehicle) - 10
Class B's (camper van types) - 6
Class C's (normal motor home on a van or truck chassie) - 6
Fifth Wheels - 8
Travel Trailers - 4
Trucks with Campers - 6 (including us)
Tent Trailers - 1
ended up spending the night at Tetsa River Regional Park....a nice enough campsite but with nothing really going for it. It was quite treed so rather buggy, although not as bad as 'Big Creek'. There were attendants on site and they had a book exchange, so at least we were able to trade all the 'read' books for some new 'un-read' ones.
I guess that is the Tetsa River over there....this was taken from a trail in the campsite that didn't seem to lead anywhere. We spent the night doing some dog grooming as there wasn't much else to keep us occupied and we were heading back into civilization - like it or not!Campground fee: $15.75 Total Distance traveled to date: 6,262 km
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