Departed Fort St. John: 8:35
Arrived Edmonton: 5:30
Miles Traveled: 410.8
Weather: Nice day, mostly sunny and warm
What a difference a day makes. Today we reached Dawson Creek and left the Alaska Highway. Shortly after we left British Columbia and entered Alberta. The scenery today is very different. No more mountains. We’re seeing flat prairie and rolling terrain. Also, four lane highways. That is a real treat.
Ramada Inn provided a good breakfast, and Sal did her loading thing, we got gas, and headed out. Dawson Creek was less than an hour away. We stopped for a selfie at the start of the Alaska Highway and then walked to the Visitor’s Center. Surprise! Today is National Tourist Day and we got our choice of a free gift. We picked out a great poster showing the Alaska Highway.
Driving north last year, we had snapped a picture from the car of the giant beaver at Beaver Lodge BC. We pulled over this trip to take pictures and read the signs. While there, another car pulled over. Roger is a retired attorney in town who occasionally stops by the beaver when he sees out-of-town cars. He said his hobby is taking pictures and submitting write ups of visitors to the town paper. He asked if he could take our picture and ask us some questions. We agreed and had a fun 15 minutes with him. He has our Bristol address and will forward a copy of the paper if anything is printed. And turnabout is fair play, so we took his picture.
(I see Sal and I need to switch up our selfie poses.)
We lost an hour today crossing over into a new time zone. We hit rush hour traffic entering Edmonton but made it to the hotel in time for their social hour. Sal and I had a local beer and Brie and crackers. It was a nice surprise. We had some cheese and peanut butter crackers from our cooler bag to top off our dinner. I think it will be an early night for us. A longer day tomorrow to Regina.
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