Watson Lake and The Signpost Forest

After a beautiful camping spot in Liard Hot Springs Provincial Park we headed up the road to Watson Lake, our first destination in the Yukon and home to The Signpost Forest.

While recovering from an injury which occurred during construction of the Alaska Highway Pvt. Carl Lindley was asked to repair a damaged army signpost. He was homesick so he added a sign with mileage to his hometown of Danville, Illinois, thus was born a forest of signs that now numbers over 75,000.

 We, (I) was unprepared to make a sign for the forest, didn`t think about it during our pre-trip prep. Fortunately for us tourists, the local hardware store sold precut boards and the Visitors Center had paint and markers, so we were ready to make a sign. But, I needed some help, and two youngsters, Nicolas and Emma appeared. We met them at Liard Hot Springs and were surprised to see them at the forest. In the pic below, Nicolas is hamming it up for the camera while Emma checks my spelling.
Also, our new friend Ken Hunter showed up and said that a Dremel would make the job easier. I bet he had one and was right! Thanks Ken!
We worked on our sign for about 45 minutes while Nicolas and Emma's mom made a beautiful sign in about 10 minutes. We found out that she had taken fashion design in school so she could draw more than stick figures! Sounds like cheating to me.

Finally we were done and I was actually prepared to hang the sign (I remembered to bring along my screwgun) So here's our sign, hanging in The Signpost Forest, between the Visitors Center and the Alaska Highway.