We all car-pooled (we rode with the Collins) to the start of the Alaska Highway sign to have a group picture. Everyone was in a really fun mood. Allen and Dan Spigler made the picture for us and they did a great job and at our drivers meeting last night, we all got an 8x10 copy which was great of everyone. Our WM's were impressed as normally they have a 5x7 which is hard to make out with that many people. Kudos to Allen and Don (they are brothers).
Afterwards, we were free to roam around town for the antique car show. There were over 300 entries and really were fun to see. We laughed as we thought a lot of us had driven these cars or our parents had, so we guess we were also antiques.
After a stop at the Dairy Queen for a sandwich and blizzard :-), we headed back to the RV. This time we didn't get lost. However, when we got back, we remembered we needed some items from Wal-Mart, so we took off again.
Finally back at the RV, we had a couple of hours before we left for the Wild Game Farm and dinner. Denny decided to go ahead and put on the tow car cover while we had fair weather and he could take his time. Besides we wanted to know how well it would hold up in case we needed to make adjustments before we got in situations where we really needed it.
Our school bus showed up and off we went to the Game Farm. We felt like Dawson Creek was in the middle of nowhere, but we drove about 40 miles out of town, with some of it being on dirt roads. On our way, we passed miles and miles and miles of canola fields. Their blooms are bright yellow and the blooms turn into pods. The seeds from the pods are what is harvested for the canola oil . Finally arriving at the Game Farm, which is privately owned, the first sight we saw were about 6 Mountain Goats standing on this really large mound of dirt. We all left the bus to walk down this really dense wooded path (fortunately we all sprayed for mosquitos, but really didn't see any) and emerged to this clearing where there were picnic tables and what appeared to be a large wooded hut where we smelled the most delicious aromas.
Our host wife and daughter had prepared a meal of fallow deer stew, buffalo sausage, buffalo roast, and bar-be-cued wild boar, along with 4 different varieties of salads , veggies and 6 or 7 homemade desserts. Everything was delicious. My least favorite was the buffalo sausage. It was too mild. We were all surprised at how delicious everything was. The Buffalo roast was so tender and the fallow deer stew was great!
The weather became very threatening so we hurried to tour the farm. We saw wild boars, the mountain goats, reindeer, 2 bull elks and their harem along with an 8 day old baby elk. The bull elk were beautiful and very regal. They lose their gorgeous racks every March and it is amazing how fast they grow back. We were suppose to take a hayride out to see his buffalo herd which this year was 100 but has been up to 300, but we started having thunder and lightening and we all headed back to our bus. Most of us made it before the rain started . We were sorry we wouldn't have the hayride as it was a real hay wagon but at least we saw some of his wild game. He takes great care of all his animals.
When we returned we had our drivers meeting and afterwards, several came over to see Denny's car cover. He took a lot of good-natured ribbing, but everyone seemed impressed. It would look ok if he hadn't added rope across several areas because he was afraid it might blow away. Several laughed and said they would sneak out during the night and decorate it with Bruce threatening a big Orange UT. I told him that was just mean and threatened a big orange AU on his $500 Coastline cover. All this was in good humor with lots of laughing. Tomorrow is the big test. I hope it works as Denny worked very hard. If we make it without a ding or broken windshield, he will get the last and best laugh :-)
Speaking of tomorrow, we have another long day (280) miles so we are starting out around 8. Our Directv service comes and goes, so this might be the last area we receive TV :-( We are the only RV in the caravan that still receives a signal anyway and are the envy of the group. This campground did offer cable tv for a relief to many of our group.
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