We woke this morning to a brisk, cool Canada morning. I think temps were about 3 degrees when I got up. Canada does Celsius so again, another conversion to get Fahrenheit. We picked up a generator before leaving CO and it has been the best investment we have made. We can camp anywhere level and run the entire house with it. We would like to upgrade to a Honda or diesel but those start in the $3000 range so our little $375 one will do just fine for now.
We were up and on the road by 8:30 am (no hell has not frozen over) as we continued north. We ran into a lot of snow and it’s the most we had seen yet. It reminded me of Colorado in February. We found some waterfalls splitting the snow as break up was just starting in this area. The river was mostly frozen at first but showed signs of thawing as we drove on. It was very winding and a beautiful shade of teal blue. Ice chunks were breaking off the banks of the river and floating down stream.
We hit Dawson Creek before lunch and of course had to take some pics at the first mile marker to start the Alcan Highway. It is a military acronym from the 40’s. It was originally built to help war efforts. We had our first taste of bad weather there as IT was snow/sleeting. Brad is frightened about the dirty truck and RV. I have to keep reminding him we are in Canada on our way to Alaska so who cares! We even had our chance to drive the turnabout (of course with Canadian accent) a few times.
We ate lunch at a restaurant called Mile 36. It was a small Mom and Pop place where we were enlightened by another Canadian tradition. I ordered for Brad as he ran out to the truck. He wanted a chicken sandwich and fries. The waitress asked if he wanted gravy. I have the deer in the headlights look on my face and then she asks, “You don’t know what gravy is do you?” I say, “I do but I am not sure why you are asking. She explained that most people prefer brown gravy for their fries. Being tourists, we had to try it and it was pretty good.
Our wildlife total took a jump today. Two wolves crossed in front of us stopped and made eye contact. Brad and I both feel they brought a message that confirmed our feelings. It was very enlightening as we felt connected to our spirit guides. We also saw a fox.
We saw over a dozen dead moose, one dead caribou, one living moose (they are huge by the way) and that message was slow down! We even saw a couple bald eagles, lots of ravens, ducks and geese.
We really liked Chetwynd, BC a city of about 7000. It was higher in elevation so it still had a lot of snow. The drive into and leaving was some of the prettiest we’ve seen so far.
Rocky got a pretty good workout today. We pulled about 6 good passes. We kept things slow and steady but still made a respectable 450 miles.
We did manage to hit a huge frost heave and sent every thing in the air. After inspecting things we did not find anything broken yet, but it shook it up pretty good. Some of my scrapbooking stuff shifted so I was panicked. Most of the frost heaves are marked with little red flags but they can’t mark them all. The highway would be covered with flags for 1500 miles.
We stopped at Testa River campground for the night. After seeing the living moose on the road we figured that was a good sign to get off the road. The campground was not open for the season, but the owners said we were welcome to boon dock in the parking lot for $5. We hooked up our trusted generator and we were set for the night.
We were up and on the road by 8:30 am (no hell has not frozen over) as we continued north. We ran into a lot of snow and it’s the most we had seen yet. It reminded me of Colorado in February. We found some waterfalls splitting the snow as break up was just starting in this area. The river was mostly frozen at first but showed signs of thawing as we drove on. It was very winding and a beautiful shade of teal blue. Ice chunks were breaking off the banks of the river and floating down stream.
We hit Dawson Creek before lunch and of course had to take some pics at the first mile marker to start the Alcan Highway. It is a military acronym from the 40’s. It was originally built to help war efforts. We had our first taste of bad weather there as IT was snow/sleeting. Brad is frightened about the dirty truck and RV. I have to keep reminding him we are in Canada on our way to Alaska so who cares! We even had our chance to drive the turnabout (of course with Canadian accent) a few times.
We ate lunch at a restaurant called Mile 36. It was a small Mom and Pop place where we were enlightened by another Canadian tradition. I ordered for Brad as he ran out to the truck. He wanted a chicken sandwich and fries. The waitress asked if he wanted gravy. I have the deer in the headlights look on my face and then she asks, “You don’t know what gravy is do you?” I say, “I do but I am not sure why you are asking. She explained that most people prefer brown gravy for their fries. Being tourists, we had to try it and it was pretty good.
Our wildlife total took a jump today. Two wolves crossed in front of us stopped and made eye contact. Brad and I both feel they brought a message that confirmed our feelings. It was very enlightening as we felt connected to our spirit guides. We also saw a fox.
We saw over a dozen dead moose, one dead caribou, one living moose (they are huge by the way) and that message was slow down! We even saw a couple bald eagles, lots of ravens, ducks and geese.
We really liked Chetwynd, BC a city of about 7000. It was higher in elevation so it still had a lot of snow. The drive into and leaving was some of the prettiest we’ve seen so far.
Rocky got a pretty good workout today. We pulled about 6 good passes. We kept things slow and steady but still made a respectable 450 miles.
We did manage to hit a huge frost heave and sent every thing in the air. After inspecting things we did not find anything broken yet, but it shook it up pretty good. Some of my scrapbooking stuff shifted so I was panicked. Most of the frost heaves are marked with little red flags but they can’t mark them all. The highway would be covered with flags for 1500 miles.
We stopped at Testa River campground for the night. After seeing the living moose on the road we figured that was a good sign to get off the road. The campground was not open for the season, but the owners said we were welcome to boon dock in the parking lot for $5. We hooked up our trusted generator and we were set for the night.
1 comment:
Hey Beckers,
Love to read your entries....I feel like I am on the trip with you! You should be a paid writer! We are glad to hear you are staying safe and heeding your signs when you get them! Enjoy all the 'gravy' you get...it must be exciting with all the new experiences....have fun and give the kids our best wishes!
Catherine Beiswenger
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