Day 14 - May 4 - MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU

First Wye Lake Park is a beautiful 26 hectare park set in downtown Watson Lake. The walking trail goes right around the shore of the lake, That's not as easy and straightforward as it sounds as the boardwalk and the forest trail entails some tangled areas through the woods.

The time of year was against us again as the snow and ice, combined with the soggy ground made it like following Route 66; fragmented and discontinuous at best, we ended up walking through the residential area a lot of the distance. Nevertheless, it was a good hike of close to 8 kilometres and, as you can see, another gorgeous day.

It is a little late for Aurora Borealis viewing even this far north. Because the days are getting longer (it's light until nearly 10PM here) it is VERY unlikely we'll see any signs of them. SO...it happens there is a marvelous place, the Northern Lights Centre about a kilometer from our hotel; a place where science, storytelling and the amazing Northern Lights come together. It's SciDome HD digital theatre is a full-dome projection system offering immersive 360 degree visuals and surround sound.

This might even look like I'm praying and who knows, maybe I was, because it is definitely an ingratiating experience.

The film captured some incredible footage of the phenomenon. Lucky there was only one other couple in the theatre so I didn't feel quite as much of a tool taking photos of the screen.

The Alaska Highway runs right in front of the hotel strip so we walk it everywhere we go. It runs approximately 2,237 kilometres from Dawson Creek, BC to Delta Junction, Alaska. If the truth be known, roughly 80 to 85 percent of the Alaska Highway is located in Canada. Does anyone else have a "serves you right" feeling about that? It runs all the way through Watson Lake, is very picturesque and certainly not very busy this time of year.

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