{"id":919,"date":"2017-06-30T13:18:35","date_gmt":"2017-06-30T18:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/?p=919"},"modified":"2017-06-30T14:02:00","modified_gmt":"2017-06-30T19:02:00","slug":"alcan-hwy-day-2-fort-nelson-to-whitehorse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/alcan-hwy-day-2-fort-nelson-to-whitehorse\/","title":{"rendered":"ALCAN HWY &#8211;  Day 2 &#8211;  Fort Nelson to Whitehorse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Animals, animals, and more animals.<br \/>\nWe saw lots of bears, caribou, deer, and bison all between Fort Nelson and Whitehorse.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/home\/apluscom\/roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/alcan2_grizzly3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-927\" src=\"http:\/\/www.roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/home\/apluscom\/roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/alcan2_grizzly3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/home\/apluscom\/roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/alcan2_grizzly2-e1498846043447.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-926\" src=\"http:\/\/www.roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/home\/apluscom\/roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/alcan2_grizzly2-e1498846043447-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/home\/apluscom\/roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/alcan2_grizzly1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-925\" src=\"http:\/\/www.roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/home\/apluscom\/roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/alcan2_grizzly1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/home\/apluscom\/roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/alcan2_blk_bear.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-923\" src=\"http:\/\/www.roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/home\/apluscom\/roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/alcan2_blk_bear-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/home\/apluscom\/roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/alcan2_caribou.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-924\" src=\"http:\/\/www.roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/home\/apluscom\/roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/alcan2_caribou-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/home\/apluscom\/roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/alcan2_bison2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-922\" src=\"http:\/\/www.roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/home\/apluscom\/roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/alcan2_bison2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/home\/apluscom\/roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/alcan2_bison.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-921\" src=\"http:\/\/www.roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/home\/apluscom\/roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/alcan2_bison-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/home\/apluscom\/roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/alcan2_bighorn.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-920\" src=\"http:\/\/www.roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/home\/apluscom\/roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/alcan2_bighorn-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/home\/apluscom\/roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/DSCN2622.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-935\" src=\"http:\/\/www.roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/home\/apluscom\/roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/DSCN2622-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/home\/apluscom\/roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/DSCN2626.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-936\" src=\"http:\/\/www.roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/home\/apluscom\/roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/DSCN2626-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/home\/apluscom\/roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/DSCN2630.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-937\" src=\"http:\/\/www.roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/home\/apluscom\/roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/DSCN2630-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/home\/apluscom\/roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/DSCN2643.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-938\" src=\"http:\/\/www.roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/home\/apluscom\/roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/DSCN2643-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/home\/apluscom\/roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/DSCN2649.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-939\" src=\"http:\/\/www.roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/home\/apluscom\/roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/DSCN2649-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/home\/apluscom\/roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/DSCN2652.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-940\" src=\"http:\/\/www.roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/home\/apluscom\/roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/DSCN2652-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/home\/apluscom\/roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/DSCN2665.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-941\" src=\"http:\/\/www.roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/home\/apluscom\/roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/DSCN2665-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gas stations were few and far between but they did exist before you arrived at Watson Lake.<br \/>\nWatson Lake was by far the best place to get gas.<br \/>\nThe sign post forest was at Watson Lake and that was a cool stop.<br \/>\nWe added a road tripping for kids key chain to the forest.<br \/>\nCorn dog made wanted his picture taken as well.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/home\/apluscom\/roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/alcan2_signpos3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-929\" src=\"http:\/\/www.roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/home\/apluscom\/roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/alcan2_signpos3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/home\/apluscom\/roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/alcan2_signpost2-e1498846430333.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-928\" src=\"http:\/\/www.roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/home\/apluscom\/roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/alcan2_signpost2-e1498846430333-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/home\/apluscom\/roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/alcan2_signpost1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-930\" src=\"http:\/\/www.roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/home\/apluscom\/roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/alcan2_signpost1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The views of the lakes and mountains were way more impressive on this section as well.<br \/>\nThere were tons of camp grounds all along the way.<br \/>\nWe saw general Canadian camp grounds and RV parks.<br \/>\nStrawberry Flats was one of the best Canadian camp grounds we saw.<br \/>\nStay away from the hotels and use the campgrounds.<br \/>\nThe cost will be way less and the views way better.<br \/>\nIf you have an RV, you can use RV parks or general Canadian camp grounds.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/home\/apluscom\/roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/alcan2_view1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-931\" src=\"http:\/\/www.roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/home\/apluscom\/roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/alcan2_view1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/home\/apluscom\/roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/alcan2_view2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-932\" src=\"http:\/\/www.roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/home\/apluscom\/roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/alcan2_view2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/home\/apluscom\/roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/alcan2_yukon_sign.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-933\" src=\"http:\/\/www.roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/home\/apluscom\/roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/alcan2_yukon_sign-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There were no restaurants of any kind on this section that we saw.<br \/>\nBring your own sandwiches and such and plan to make a piknik.<br \/>\nThe ALCAN is a long drive, but a fun drive for sure.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Animals, animals, and more animals. We saw lots of bears, caribou, deer, and bison all between Fort Nelson and Whitehorse. \u00a0\u00a0 Gas stations were few and far between but they did exist before you arrived at Watson Lake. Watson Lake was by far the best place to get gas. The sign post forest was at &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/alcan-hwy-day-2-fort-nelson-to-whitehorse\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ALCAN HWY &#8211;  Day 2 &#8211;  Fort Nelson to Whitehorse<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=919"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":943,"href":"http:\/\/www.roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919\/revisions\/943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.roadtrippingforkids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}