While visiting Watson Lake we placed a sign in the Signpost Forest that we made from a piece of driftwood taken from the Beach in Morro Bay.
The tradition of leaving a sign pointing to your home town began in 1942, when a homesick U.S. Army GI working on the Alaska Highway was assigned to repair a damaged signpost that stated distances to various points along the highway. He added his own hometown “Danville, Illinois, 2835 miles” to the post. Signs were added every year and today there are over 72,000 signs and counting!
Love your driftwood sign. How marvelous that you knew about this ahead of time so you could participate in a tradition dating back to 1942!
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