Today the next leg of our adventure begins. The Alaska Highway for 1500+ miles. The highway officially ends in Delta Junction, Alaska.
Our first stop was to get some propane. Once that was done we headed down the Alaska Highway starting at Mile 0. The road was in very good shape, didn’t have any frost heaves or much rough road. Only had 2 construction sites. What surprised us was no one was on the road heading North, eerie. We have had very hazy weather for a few days, since we are getting into a scenic part of the trip this was disappointing. At one of the construction stops we were chatting with the flagman and found out the haze was smoke from forest fires in Alberta. This seemed strange since Alberta is east of us. He explained we were in a bowl of sorts where the wind sometimes comes from the east. Hopefully we will drive out of it. Going to be a bummer if we can’t see the scenery.
We saw a bear along the side of the road, no picture. The road though in good condition had some big downhills, 10% downgrades for a couple miles, 2 or 3 of them.
Our car suffered today. Filthy. Had a moment of panic. The car needs to have the ignition turned on and in neutral. We need to keep a key in the ignition to get this to work, with a key in the ignition. This means we can’t lock the car with the clicker or an extra key. If the car gets locked, there is no way to get into it again. Been there, done that. Tom starts unhitching the car but first he needs to put it into park so it doesn’t go rolling down a hill or toward the MH, been there, done that. He couldn’t get into the car, it was locked!! Uh-oh!!! We tried another clicker and that one worked, dead battery in his clicker. Sigh-of-relief………………
We found a Provincial Park and parked right along the river. Hope to see some moose or bear this evening. So far we are the only people in the park. No internet, no phone, no tv at all. People have started pulling in so we will have company tonight. Everyone is a polite camper, leaves 2-3 sites between each rig. Provincial Parks are interesting. There are no hosts, honor system for paying in many, some have a ranger that comes around, most don’t. Canadian money is treated the same as US money. The price is $20, either currency. If you don’t have Canadian you are not given the exchange rate which is 25%-30% discount. You are paying an extra $5-$6 for using US money.
Tomorrow we have a short drive to Fort Nelson. We will stay at the Elks Lodge and go over to the visitor center. We have heard and read that it is a good one to visit.
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| Our Campsite along the river |
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| A bit muddy |
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