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It rained most of the night, light & heavy, tapering to a very light mist in the morning. Since I had unhooked the trailer to get the RAV4's oil change, I decided to re hook things while it was only misting at 7:00AM. Of course it only got better, but the sky looked like it might start pouring any time. We left Happy Trails around 10:00 & drove to Dawson Creek, the official start of the Alaska Highway.
We stopped at the Visitor Centre, picked up a fuel & campground list that covers most of the locations between Dawson Creek & Tok. I also bought a sweatshirt, my first clothing purchase of the trip. For those that followed some of my past trips, "T" shirt purchases are central to my travels, but I held off until now! Of course I had to take some photos of the sign at the start of the highway as well as the trailers.
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Dawson Creek Start |
Mile 0 |
About Mile 0 |
Both of Us |
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The Escape |
The Scamp |
Me |
The Art Gallery & Museum |
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Wood Bridge at Kiskatinaw Provincial Park |
Wood Bridge at Kiskatinaw Provincial Park
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Wood Bridge at Kiskatinaw Provincial Park
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Charlie Lake Memorial |
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Charlie Lake Fishing Contest |
About the Memorial |
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We spent a fair amount of time in Dawson Creek, then headed north on 97 (again, the Alaska Highway). We stopped for the afternoon at Fort St John, BC and the Rotary RV Park. $31.20 (with a Good Sam's discount) for Water & Electric. No picnic table - we are basically in a parking lot with hookups. Charlie Lake is just behind out sites - I took a few photos of a memorial to some of the soldiers that drown during the building the highway.
We spent the afternoon reading & goofing off. I still can't post my pages via Dreamweaver, and suspect the campground WiFi is blocking FTP. I hope so - I've had uploading problems before with Dreamweaver, but not with the more recent cloud based versions (Dreamweaver CC).
Dinner will be some kind of shrimp dish Anne is putting together along with the rest of the salad. We ate it in my trailer - it started to pour while she was cooking it. Good thing she decided to cook in the trailer! It was excellent.
Until the next internet connection that works!
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