Today was a short travel day. We left early this morning for the 280 mile drive to Dawson Creek. the weather was clear and somewhat warm. It started in the mid 50s and got at high as 71.
When we were in the Ft. Nelson visitor center yesterday they gave us a document of about 5 or 6 pages containing points of interest between Ft. Nelson and Ft. St. John (just north of Dawson Creek). Unfortunately the document listed the mileage from Ft. Nelson but there were no mile / kilometer markers along the road. Some of the places listed appeared to be on 'restricted' side roads.
We did see the bear above along the road.
When we arrived in Dawson Creek we stopped at the visitor center which is at the start of the Alaska (AlCan) Highway, i.e. Mile 0. See the photo above. The other important part of this is that we drove the Alaska Highway the entire length. The official starting location is at Dawson Creek, British Columbia, and the official ending location is Delta Junction, Alaska. We just drove it in reverse, with a side trip to Skagway. Also, on our way up we drove it from Haines Junction, Yukon, through Delta Junction, to Tok.
That is about it for today.
Signed:
The Wayward Travelers
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