Sept 7...Teslin Lake, Yukon

Happy Birthday Lauren McBee

We get up & at it and are on the road heading south. I know papa will be glad of that, we plan to be home before the fair is over.

The road we travel today is the Cassier. We traveled this road in 07, but our memory of the beauty of the mountains had faded. It's a rainy day and the road is rough. We are only able to drive 30mph or less on gravel, on the good section 50 is top speed. The Cassier mountains are all around us, the road goes up & down & in between the mountains. There are rivers & lakes everywhere. Fall is in the air, temp somewhere in the 30's. The high today is less than 50. The colors are bright yellow mixed in with the deep greens of the boreal forest.
We finally get to our destination, Red Goat RV park in Iskut, BC. It's right on the lake and Mikey catches a trout within the first 5 minutes; while I set up the camper. But that's ok, he drove all day so he can play while I work. Judy Miller would love Red Goat; they have Llamas all over. I asked the owner why the llamas and he told me they were his all wheel drive, self starting lawn mowers. The steep hillside of the park is very nicely mowed, maybe Mikey should invest in a few llamas.

This RV park is really isolated. We do not have cell coverage and the WiFi is up the hill in the office. Even the locals can't have cell phones here. There are only about 300 people that live in this community and most all of them live on an Indian Reservation. How isolated is it? There are 450 miles of the Cassier Highway & only 1200 people live in that entire area! Iskut is between 2 large mountain ranges & national parks; the Mt Spatzi Wilderness Park & the Mt Edziz Park. We find that Red Goat is the translation of Spatzi. The top of Spatzi mountain is rich in iron. The local mountain goats roll in the dirt and get their with coats dyed red. There are pictures of red goats hanging on the walls of the park office.

We cuddle up for the night in the caboose & watch Johnny Carson DVD before we turn in for a good nights sleep. The lake has lots of waves & together with the wind, we are rocked to sleep.