We only had a 30-mile drive from our roadside rest last night, so it was an easy drive to the border. No, we didn’t have a bottle of wine to celebrate our arrival this morning. Its a long story, we visited a Harvest Host winery in Agua Dulce, CA this past spring and he gave us a plastic travel bottle of wine (it was full at one time) to take on our travels and report back to the winery where it went. Not exactly a traveling Gnome. Anyway, this was the only picture we took this morning.
Tonight we are staying behind the convenience store where we are hooked up with all the services. We were low on fresh water and needed to do laundry. We were looking forward to spending some time at the Signpost Forest and take in the movie at the Northern Lights Center. The cost to go to a laundromat is a factor when we make the decision about staying in a park or not. We have washer and dryer onboard but only use it when we are hooked up. We haven’t done laundry since we left Nevada, but worst of all, Mark hasn’t had a Haircut since we were in New Mexico last February!
THE SIGN POST FOREST
This is a mind-boggling place. It all began in 1942 by a US Army soldier in Company D, 341st Engineers, who worked on the construction of the Alaska Highway. A twenty-three-year-old man from Danville, IL decided to place a marker with his name and his hometown at the west end of town before he left the area. Travelers began adding their names and hometowns as they passed and over the years the signposts grew. Today there are more than 85,000 signs hung by travelers from all over the world.
We found signs from some of our RV friends who have been here before us in 2013. Quite amazing.
We added our sign too., Its an old license plate from Texas, our domicile, we signed the front of it and attached it to a vacant spot in the front row facing the highway.
The Northern Lights Centre.
After lunch at Kathy’s Kitchen, we headed to the theater where they show a one-hour presentation that is shown in two parts. One is based on scientist information about The sun’s solar storms and how it can affect our navigation systems here on earth. In my opinion, this 30-minute video had some good sound and visual effects and also some actual photos, but I thought overall it was boring and too much of it was poorly lit. The second feature, however, was about the Aurora Borealis and it was excellent – Well worth sitting through the first piece. The theater has a 360 degree Dome screen and seats 100 persons. The photographer who filmed one of the most amazing displays of the Northern lights used an ultra wide angle lens that allows this video to display all around you as well as straight up. The chairs are tilted back for better viewing, or sleeping if you ask Mark. It was filmed at Yellowknife and also from Nasa’s Spacestation.
So back home now to do the wash and clean up from several days boondocking.
