I’m going to try to take my mind off of all the things that are going wrong in real time as we are, caught in a bit of a deep freeze – something we aren’t really used to or completely prepared for down here by the 49th parallel.
Back in August we woke up to sunny skies at Tombstone Territorial Campground..
Temperatures had been cool over night to the point that there was ice on the picnic table…
left the campsite and headed up the hill …stopped at the lookout – this is the way we are headed – that is the North Klondike River down there…
that is looking back at the campground…nestled down in the middle there..
and note the dusting of snow on the mountain tops – it was the 24th of August.
This stretch of road across the tundra is one of the most scenic of the entire route, at least it had been during our spring trip – it had also been alive with wildlife…this trip, this female Moose was the only wildlife seen…
We stopped at various points along the way. This is Chapman Lake and is the northern end of Tombstone Territorial Park. You can see the foliage is starting to get it’s fall colour…also, the sun hadn’t lasted for very long…
a close up of some of the Tundra Plants…Bear Berry mainly…also Crow Berry…
Here is another look – Ernie off there in the distance – actually he is on the road..
Found these little mauve flowers which I think are Bitter Fleabane..
Two Moose Lake was another stop…in fact I think you get to Two Moose Lake before you get to Chapman Lake…at least it was still sunny at Two Moose Lake!
There were quite a few ducks on it…Bufflehead and Scaup…no moose…
another look at Two Moose Lake…
Continued on into the Ogilvie Mountains….this is looking back the way we had come…
The road ahead…
all that is left of the Yellow-mountain Avens this time of the year..
there are some pretty interesting rock formations along this route…
more rocks…this is where we saw Dahl Sheep the spring trip – none this trip.
arrived at Engineer Creek Territorial campground – what a muddy mess!
selected a site that wasn’t too bad for mud…notice the aspens are quite yellow here…this is a tiny campground and was pretty much filled up come night time.
that mountain behind the campground is called Sapper Hill…
This is Engineers Creek and that water is the recommended drinking source!!! there is no other supply of water at this campground.
This is the Dempster Highway by Engineers Creek campground. It is really the only place to go for a walk although a little scary….you’ll see I had reason to be nervous when we are on our return trip!
I should know what these are but right now I can’t think…just thought they made a neat ‘fall’ picture…
and here is a last look at the area around the campground…the only birds seen were a Gray Jay and an Orange Crowned Warbler…
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