PRINCE GEORGE TO DAWSON CREEK, BC

This morning we left the campground around 8 AM. For us, this was going to be a long day-248 miles. The drive was pretty uneventful, but we saw 2 bears. One was directly in front of us walking across the street. He was huge !! His color was black, but others behind us that saw him said he was the biggest they had ever seen as well. Of course, by the time I got my camera ready, he decided to lope the rest of the way across and I missed the picture, but what a memory!! The second one was in a ditch on the side of the road eating. Denny saw him, but I missed that one. We also stopped at Bijou Falls which were very pretty but too many mosquitos to tarry very long. Actually, the first mosquitos we have encountered that we felt we needed to run.

About 60 miles outside of Dawson Creek, we stopped for lunch in the town of Chatwynd. Our WM had told us about this place. Its claim to fame are all the unbelievable chain saw carvings. Way too expensive and too large to bring home.

We passed one of our group that was in a 5 th wheeler and thought he had just pulled over in a rest area. When we arrived, we found out he had a problem in his truck fuel line and had to be towed. That made us so glad we were in a caravan. The TG took them to town (if you can call it that) found a mechanic and stayed with them until it was ready to roll again. They finally got here about 9:15 tonight. They were prepared to spend the night with them if needed. The reason it was so nice, is no one's cell phones, on-star, or any other communication worked where we were. Had they been traveling alone, they would have really been at the mercy of complete strangers in a very remote place. Sure is nice knowing someone you know will be along to help you.

We had a meeting on our arrival at the campground by a tour agency. She gave us the history of Dawson Creek. It really became prominent in 1942 when the US needed a road built for the military. Mile 0 of the Alaska Highway starts here. The town is Very small and Main Street doesn't look much different than it did many years ago. Anyone traveling the Alaska Highway, must start here.

The Collins went with us to drive around town (took maybe 10 mins.), got some KFC and tried to find our way back to the campground. Of course, in this little town, with one of those darn round-abouts, we took the wrong one 2x. We got so tickled and vowed not to tell a soul.

Well, it is 9:30 and Denny is back in from washing the car and the front of the RV. He put the bug cover he made for the RV on and had several people inquiring about it (several compliments). Wait till they see the car. The tow cover goes on tomorrow after our day in town. I have no idea what we will do in town after getting our picture made, but check back in, there may be some real surprises :-) Every day truly is an Adventure!