June 9
Today we headed out from Strawberry Flats at 5:30 am. Yesterday we traveled 221 km., today we traveled only 66 km. We first stopped a short distance from our camp to go on a short hike, hoping to see some Caribou, Moose and Stone Sheep. We saw only Stone Sheep on the side of the road but none on our hike. Further along our journey, to Liard Hot Springs Provincial Park, we saw a couple of Black Bears grazing on the side of the road as well as several Wood Bison grazing. We arrived at Liard Hot Springs shortly before 9:00 am.  We had our breakfast along Trout River earlier in the morning journey, after our hike. We got a premium site and set off for a dip in the hot springs- a natural hot spring creek with water temperatures of 52 degrees C! We then went on a few hikes in the park and back to the hot springs after dinner. I think if we discovered BC in our 20s we would have abandoned southern Ontario. It is truly spectacular and undiscovered.