Leaving Grande Prairie we were again awestruck by the mountain scenery. We drove through deep valleys and high mountain passes. Stopping at a roadside turnout at the top of a pass we looked back and were amazed by the view of the highway that we had just traversed.
Soon we reached Dawson Creek, the traditional mile zero of the Alaskan Highway also sometimes known as the Alcan.
We stopped and took some photos at mile zero and then continued north on the Alaskan Highway. We camped at Sikanni Chief River, Mile 160 on the Alaskan Highway at the bottom of “Suicide Hill”. Folks are here from Ill, Cal, TX NH, Al, WI, and AZ all going to Alaska. One young lad was sleeping in a small tent and going to Alaska for work. He said that he didn’t think that it would get this cold as he huddled under his blanket this morning (44 degrees last night). Saw a mother black bear and two cubs yesterday, also a coyote.
Today we saw moose, caribou and Stone sheep. A lady on the way back from Alaska says that there is a lot of road construction ahead.244 miles today, 2498 total.
