We left Jasper at 6:05am for Fort Nelson. This marks the longest drive yet (10.5 hours). Right away once we got back onto the main road, we saw a pack of caribou, they didn`t have the biggest antlers but it was still exciting and helped wake us up a bit. On the road again ... switching between music/talking/silence. We missed a sign. Yup. We didn`t stop at the sign marking the start of the Alaska Highway in Dawson Creek...big oops.
Fort Nelson (July 25-26) - We read in our bible (The MILEPOST: which covers mile for mile in Alaska, Yukon, B.C. Alberta, and the Northwest Territories) that the Ramada Limited in Fort Nelson had "ample free parking" so we kinda got our hopes up that we`d be staying in their lot, come to find they`re in the midst of building an addition and that took up our lot! So driving around looking at our options, we ended up parking at the IGA (grocery store). It was nice and quiet honestly, better than the $35+/night spots at the nearby campgrounds where you are on top of one another. We had the whole lot to ourselves! Sam got on a conference call right away and I walked to the liquor store to get rum and pina colada mix ... because why not? Thanks Jon for the magic bullet!! Sam had to wake up early to work again. Once he was finished, we dumped our black/grey tanks and filled our fresh water tank outside their visitor center for free (have I mentioned before that we like free?). Our next stop was Watson Lake. Along our drive we saw more caribou, 2 bighorn sheep, bison, and bears (finally)! Some say the bible speaks to you, ours sure did. Our bible (MILEPOST) was telling us that we were going to pass "world-famous cinnamon buns" so we had to stop. The nice women in front of us even covered the cost ($5) and told us to pay it forward - ok, we can do that! These cinnamon buns are big, soft, and delicious!! If you ever find yourself driving the Alaska Highway, we recommend the stop at Tetsa River Services and Campground (building pictured below) to get one for sure. Well, that`s it for British Columbia Pt.1 ha ... Pt.2 will be more adventurous as we explore the Vancouver area!
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Jon
8/3/2017 06:51:04 pm
Glad the magic bullet could be of use! Piña coladas was exactly what I was envisioning. And dangggg you really did see a bear...
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Abby
8/3/2017 11:33:35 pm
haha yes its been great! And yeah we`ve seen a total of 6 I think. Going to head into the Denali area tomorrow so should see more! Hopefully from a distance.
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