Watson Lake is a small town in the southeast corner of the Yukon Territory. They are famous for their Sign Post Forest which was started in 1942 by a homesick US Army G.I. who was working on the ALCAN Highway. They told us that there are over 72,000 signs now. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sign_post_forest
We had heard about the Sign Post Forest from several people who have traveled this route. They told us to be sure to bring a sign with us. We could not think of what to bring, but finally settled on an old Georgia license tag which our friend Emory gave us. It has the name of our county (Hall) on it. Emory visited Watson Lake many years ago and did not post a sign so we decided to honor him and post his old license tag. Bill mounted it on a piece of wood and Sally wrote our names and the date on it. We had a great time just walking through the "Forest" trying to find the perfect spot for our sign.
Here is Bill nailing up our sign. Interesting that the sign right above it is from another Sally, hung in 2004.
The finished installation.
Can you find Dolly Parton's hometown?
There were a lot of City Limit signs. I tried to get a City of Buford sign but was turned down. The guy told me that they didn't have any old signs. Maybe I should have just removed a current sign, like a lot of people appear to have done!
A sign from Sally's hometown. We could not find one from Gouverneur, NY.
There were some pretty creative and different "signs".
We liked the Moose Antler's sign at the top of this post. As you can see, there were many international signs. We have run into campers from all over the world. We have met Europeans who come over for 4-6 weeks and rent a motor home. We have met three Australian couples who have bought RVs here in the US and come over each year for 6 months. When it is time to go home, they store their RV in the US, fly back to Australia, and then come back the next year for another extended vacation.
from South Carolina to Massachusetts
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