Well, the miles are flying by now. We have travelled the entire length of B.C. this week and it has been a very eventful week. We left Grand Forks on Monday morning at 7 am.. after saying goodbye to Tammi and Curtis.. and with a seriously welded and reinforced 5th wheel in tow. We planned on a long day and it was... went up 33 to Kelowna, then north to Kamloops. It was a clear and sunny day and a hot...but all went well.
KamloopsOur goal was to reach Williams Lake and spend the night visiting with our friend Paul. We got there late, but in time for a steak bbq and a good visit. Left There at about 9am and headed north. Not much to see and our biggest goal that day was to get past Prince George ( truly not our favorite place). We travelled about 40 miles north of P.G. to a place I remember as a kid... Bear Lake Provincial Park. Had a very peaceful evening ..after covering ourselves with some mega mosquito repellant..but it was peaceful and relaxing.. and... we were north of Prince.
Bear LakeWednesday morning dawned bright and sunny and we headed for Fort St. John. This section of the trip took us thru the Peace River Valley... the home of the huge and powerful Peace River and the Bennet Dam. Also a trip thru Chetwyn ... the chain saw capital of the world, but... alas... by the time we got there...the skies opened up and the rains came.
Peace River ValleyWe continued north to Fort St. John where we had a great evening with our Grandson Dan and his girlfriend Janet..who came to our campsite at Charlie lake and had a few drinks and a bbq and a wonderful visit. Thanks Dan :) it was great to see you.
Dan and Janet
Thursday morning we woke up to gray skies and rain showers.... but headed north.... our next destination...Fort Nelson. We were pleasantly surprised by the actual... "Alaska Highway". At this point in our travels.. the highway was wide... straight and full of rolling hills. Miles and Miles of the same... all the way to Fort Nelson. There were some rough sections but all in all.. it is a pretty incredible highway. We passed right thru the town.. ( not impressed at all ) and carried on about another 60 miles to a campground at Tetsa River. It was ok, but rainy and full of mosquitos. Spent the night watching a few episodes of smallville, season 2.
This morning we left camp at 8 am... headed to Watson Lake. It has been the best day of the trip so far. We have encountered all kinds of wild life today... A big old black bear, 2 moose, a mama bear and her two tiny cubs ( no opportunity for pictures...dang ), a coyote,, a red fox, about 6 stone sheep and at least a dozen bison.
Along the way we saw some pretty incredible scenary, Stone mountain, Muncho Lake , the huge Liard River. Every turn brought new and different things to see.
Stone Mountain
Muncho Lake
The weather changed continually all day... a bit of sun, a torential down pour, more sun, more rain... all day but we made it to Watson Lake Yukon and as we sit and sip on a bit of crown royal and relax, ( after a long day of really rough roads ) the clouds are leaving and the sun is shining. It is a good night.
On to Whitehorse Yukon tomorrow, Kluanne Lake on Sunday and with a little luck... Alaska on Monday. ( unless of course, Kluanne lake keeps us an extra day.
P.S. Our days are much longer up here.. Daylight begins at about 3 a.m. and it finally gets dark after about midnight. Long long days of sunshine.
Good Morning, you guys surely makes the best out of life. I love you.
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