Our first morning with frost on the truck! It was chilly, but the clear blue skies embellished the cold! This was the view of the Ragged Mountains in the early morning sun ...
After a hearty breakfast in the wilderness silence, we headed out the same route we had traveled the day before.
There are no concrete barriers along the road and no buffers along steep cliffs either ...
We weren't doing anything near 70 km/h ...
Many of these pictures were taken from inside the truck while it moved;
obviously we weren't moving along too fast!
The view approaching the valley ...
The valley presents many stunning vistas ...
This view looks down the valley towards the Logan Mountains (Selwyn Mountains).
The Little Hyland River traveled along the road's edge through this valley ...
It appeared this creek had flooded in the spring and washed away the original bridge ...
Some lakes had amazing colours. As well, being September the abundance of fall colours contributed to some amazing scenery ...
View of Hyland River north side of the Hyland River bridge
The Hyland River bridge was one of the few "modern" bridges we encountered. It felt odd to be on concrete ...
Hyland River bridge
Westbound a few miles east of the Nahanni Range Yukon gov't campground
We stopped for late lunch at the campground, and then decided to carry on.
We kept our eyes open for a good boondock spot for the evening. We were
able to cross
over a narrow dirt "path" leading to this spot alongside
Dolly Varden Creek. When I looked at our tire marks over the dirt "path" the
tires on the left side of the trailer were not completely on solid ground during
the crossing. Which made this site even more special ...
Boondock spot alongside Dolly Varden Creek
I think the dog wasn't overly impressed with the camping spot. Jake is a great Bear Warning Device (BWD) and also an excellent Bear Protection Unit (BPU), which I've learned to greatly appreciate.
Jake the dog prepares for guard duty
Steve trying some fishing in Dolly Varden Creek
225 pictures taken today.