stunning at the same time. You really feel like you’re just a visitor here, passing through, like it still belongs to the elements and the animals. We arrived in the dark, and were greeted by our lovely hosts. It was late and we focused on backing up our memory cards and charging our gear all while cross- ing our fingers that the weather conditions and au- rora data would line up for showtime. Things were not looking promising and we were about to call it a night. That’s the thing about aurora hunting though…you never quite know what to expect. At 12:30 a.m., while getting ready to get into our beds, we checked the skies one more time and caught a faint green glow. We quickly gathered our gear and outerwear and jumped into the Outlander to find a location to best capture them. As soon as we got on the road we could see the skies, alive and dancing, through the Outlander’s panoramic roof - we couldn’t believe our eyes. We found a frozen lake to park at and ran out with our cameras. Hues of green were lighting up the sky. We took a bunch of photos and then reminded ourselves to take a step back and truly appreciate what we were witnessing. The show didn’t last very long but it’s an experience that will stick with us for- ever. We were blown away. Day 3: Boreal Ranch to Mt Logan Lodge After a sleep that was much too short, we met for breakfast at the lodge where our hosts had prepared us a beautiful homemade meal and fresh croissants. Just what we needed after a night chasing the lights. We wished we could have stuck around longer to enjoy Boreal Ranch and their outdoor hot tub, but it was time to get going. We had officially made it to the Yukon and slow- ly made the drive west to Haines Junction and Mt Logan Lodge after a stop for lunch and supplies in Whitehorse, Yukon’s capital city. Here’s a fun fact: Yukon is home to twice as many moose as people. Wild.
source. A must stop if you are passing through and in our opinion, the best hot spring in the country. Relaxed and reinvigorated, we got back in the Outlander and saw more wood bison along the way, before stopping for lunch at The Nugget, a local diner in Watson Lake. (While we weren’t expecting much for a small northern community, it was excellent.) Watson Lake is home to the famous Sign Post Forest. Started in 1942 by a homesick soldier working on the Alaska Highway who put up a sign to his hometown. Slowly it caught on, with tourists now leaving road signs, license plates and other signs from their home towns and countries. You can find memories of past travelers from all over the world, and many travel here with the intent of leaving a piece behind to commem- orate their journey. A pretty quirky and unique stop, that just feels right at home here. From here out we had our eyes set on getting to our stay at the Boreal Ranch to check the aurora forecast and see what might be in store for the night. It’s a beautiful drive all the way, and it’s quite hard to de- scribe the sense of scale we experienced here; this place feels so remote, isolated, wild and absolutely
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