A short drive today to Engineer Creek campsite, about 2 hours north of Tombstone. Pretty spectacular scenery with gray Beringian mountains untouched by the ice age glaciation.
It rained on and off and we considered driving further but the sun peeked out of the clouds so we camped at Engineer Creek.
We headed up the Sapper Hill trail but it started raining and we slogged through wet foliage and creeks running down the trail. Too bad as it really was quite a spectacular hike even in the downpour, culminating in this window in the rock wall.
From the top we could look down on the Ogilvie River.
There were some great new flowers, including a yellow ladyslipper and this delicate yellow poppy but I couldn't get any decent photos in the rain.
The mosquitos at the campsite were outrageous and it poured rain all day. Fortunately there was a mosquito-proof shelter with a roaring wood stove. Here we met Mark, a retired pilot who was bicycling from his home in Kelowna to Tuk. He was spending a day here to dry out. His family was flying into Inuvik to meet him and then he was flying home.
We played many a game of Skipbo to pass the time.
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