Our adventure on the Alaskan Highway is now going to begin. We left Grand Prairie again about 8:30. It seems that is becoming our normal departure time. We got to Dawson Creek at 9:30 thanks to a time change. Dawson Creek is on Pacific Time. The Visitors Center was great. They gave us info that covers the 1422 miles of the highway--places to stay and things to see. Then we were off. This portion of the highway is pretty normal, 60 MPH, nice road, no issues. The highway was built in 9 months in 1942 at a cost of $140 million. While most of the road has been rebuilt since then, I've included a picture of the Kiskatinaw curved wooden bridge which is original and while not on today's highway, is still used today. We ate lunch at a little roadhouse, the Sheppard's Inn, which had great food. The desserts and pastries on sale as you go out the door were too much for any of us to pass on. About 3PM we started to see animals. Today's count was 1 marmot (couldn't get a picture), 2 moose, and 4 bear. We ended the day in Fort Nelson with a little laundry time. We drove 365 miles today.
You guys are really making good time! The views are remarkably beautiful. Sigh....wish we were with you. Enjoy.
ReplyDeleteHi Ken and Linda! Betsy sent us the link to your blog and I enjoyed reading about your trip so far. What a great opportunity and so special to have your sister along also. :) We will enjoy following along on your adventure! The scenery and wildlife is amazing!
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