Day 12: Eagle Plains to...Eagle Plains!

We lingered in the lounge for the evening, enjoying the company of a caribou and various other wildlife.

In the morning, we were able to appreciate how very lucky we had been the day prior. As we drank coffee, we heard the waitress announce, “The road is closed!” The route south had become impassable, too slippery to navigate and washed out in three places.

The campground where we had planned to camp, Engineer Creek, was flooded. Had it started raining 20 minutes later, we would have started down the road to spend a very wet and cold night on an exposed ridge in the middle of nowhere. The road was so slick that even vehicles of the 4-wheeled variety were having problems staying on track. We enjoyed our forced relaxation and everyone here was in the same boat, and we met some nice folks. This was also a blessing in disguise for Porkchop, who was able to have three servings of liver and onions over the course of our stop in Eagle Plains.

Miles traveled today: zero Team standing by for road opening...