Sign Post Forest (day 25)

Day 25 – Tuesday, July 24th (645 miles, Beaver Creek, YT, CA to Coal River, BC):

Today was the 2nd most mileage Ive ridden in a single day on this trip. My goal was to cover as much ground as I could so that I can reach Jasper National Park as soon as possible.

I left my cabin in Beaver Creek around 7:45am after a good nights rest and continued riding back south down the Alaskan Highway. I didnt make many stops in the first half of the day since I had ridden north on this road on the way up to Alaska. When I reached Watson Lake around dinner time, which I hadn’t gone through on my way up north, I came to the Sign Post Forest, one of the most unique attractions I have seen on this trip. Sign Post Forest is simply thousands and thousands of street signs, license plates, and other signs from all over the world, mounted on posts about 20 feet high. I walked around the Forest for a few minutes and finally found a few signs from Georgia and some cities within the state. I then headed to a Chinese restaurant just down the street to get some dinner before getting back on the road.

Shortly after leaving Watson Lake, headed south, there are multiple large signs warning of buffalo that inhabit the area. I came to a single buffalo laying on the side of the road and then another single buffalo a few more miles down the road. After about 30 more minutes of riding and approaching 9:30pm, I came to a large herd of maybe 100 buffalo, many of which were standing on the road and preventing me from continuing.

I pulled over to the side of the road and watched the buffalo for a few minutes and took a few pictures. After nearly 20 minutes of waiting and hoping the buffalo would move off of the road so I could ride by, a large semi truck, coming north, was able to scare the buffalo off to the sides of the road, just long enough for me to quickly ride by. This was an interesting experience for sure!

I rode for another hour and a half until I arrived at Coal River, BC and pulled into the first, and I believe only, campsite I came to in the town. After a long day of riding, it was nice to finally be done for the day. I put up my tent and then layed down for bed.

Gas in Burwash Landing - edited .JPG Filling up in Burwash Landing