Dawson Creek
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Men on Horses, New Province, Now It All Starts
... my tent at 7:40 pm it has started to drizzle. It seems to rain almost every day, particularly at night. Before I leave Dawson Creek tomorrow morning I will get the compulsory photos at mile zero, the tourist photo, and the official photo. I will attach ...
Northern Lights RV Park
We arrived at Dawson Creek BC in the afternoon and had a lady from Dawson Creek inform us of the history of the Alaskan highway from the beginning. Next day we had a group picture taken at the start of the Alaskan Highway mile marker 0. That afternoon we ...
Dawson Creek, British Columbia, Canada
Wednesday, July 8- Friday, July10 - Dawson Creek, BC Everyone woke up early this morning. It was around 7 a.m. when we rolled out of bed and some rigs had already pulled out. It is still raining. Most drivers had difficulty maneuvering their ...
Dawson Creek, BC
Hurray--Mile "0"--the beginning of our trek on the Alaska Highway. When picturing Alaska, "cold" usually comes to mind; and it is!--low 31; high 55. Enjoyed seeing the Pioneer Village even though it was freezing cold--started to snow. ...
The East Access – Edmonton, AB to Dawson Cre
... actually starts in Great Falls, Montana, then goes north through Calgary, Red Deer, and Edmonton, Alberta, and northeast to Dawson Creek, British Columbia. It has available side trips (that is where we learned about the Canadian Badlands, ...
Dawson Creek, British Columbia, Canada
July 10 Art left early this morning with Ron to return to Grande Prairie to pick up the air filter needed to fix Ron's RV. My goal for the day was to clean and do a little laundry. When Art returned, he changed clothes and went to help install the ...
Winter Wonderland
... and on the trees. Hit a long stretch of road construction around Profit River area. Gwen will have to wash both vehicles since Scott is not with us!! We are fine dining tonight in the Walmart campground in Dawson Creek. Last of the big time ...
Trecherous combination: Mountains and Flooding
Onward southward and eastward into the rocky mountains and into the torrential rain!!! We kept hearing reports on the radio of roads being closed due to flooding and landslides! Yikes!!! We found these road closures on the map and adjusted our ...
Harry Potter at Mile 0
... for a day. I had forgotten that it was July 20 and that the last Harry Potter book was going to be released at midnight! Dawson Creek has a book store so I got there at 10:30 and waited in line with other Potter fans for the book. Surprisingly for a ...
Slept like a rock...
... nbsp;down to the Columbia Icefields a hiked up to the Athabasca Glacier. That afternoon we stopped at Athabasca Falls on our way to Dawson Creek and the start of the AlCan Highway. Along the way there were Elk, Big Horn. Moose and others. Off to ...
Leduc to Dawson Creek - Day Five
There were some anxious moments this morning maneuvering around Edmonton, but we were soon on the right track. There was not much traffic, and so we were clipping right along making very good time. It is very interesting to note how you can pick up on ...
Day 53
... : Calgary to Dawson Creek Total - 900km Nick's Notes One of this projects aims is to get to the Alaskan Highway, which starts at Dawson Creek. If we remain on this schedule we can ascend the Alcan to Beaver Creek to get the Alaskan stamp in our passport, ...
On "The Highway"
... powdered donuts in my mouth with my right hand while steering through a different sort of powder with my left. I reached Dawson Creek when it was still dark so you are all being spared the requisite "Mile 0" photo. The going was good and ...
Hinton to Dawson Creek
... body. We did part at the visitors center to eat a quick lunch before we took off for our final destination of the day - Dawson Creek, British Columbia and the start of the world famous Alaska Highway. It was less than two hours from Grand Prairie and all ...
Dawson Creek, British Columbia, Canada
At 9:00 this morning, we went to the meeting room to hear Dawson Creek's travel ambassador, Keltie, give a presentation about the town's history and the building of the Alaska Highway. She was an animated, enjoyable and knowledgeable speaker. We are ...
Mile 0
We made it to Dawson Creek and in pretty good time. Lots of wildlife to view. I am attaching pictures of elk and bighorn sheep, but we saw plenty of mule deer also. We are camped out at Mile 0 of the Alcan. Plan to head up to Toad ...
C'est parti mon Kiki
... à 4 voies. Défilement de plaines et de collines en passant par Grande Prairie pour arriver finallement en Colombie Britannique à Dawson Creek, l'entrée du Alaska Highway. Nous sommes au Mile 0 et à compter de maintenant tout ve être en relations ...
Ende Moskitohoelle / End of Mosquito Hell
... ich bis Fort Nelson gefahren, wo es dann etwas flacher wurde und von dort entlang den ersten Auslaeufer der Rocky Mountains bis Dawson Creek - wo der Alaska Highway seinen ersten "0" Meilenstein hat, resp. fuer mich endet. Hier scheint es eine Classic ...
Start Alaska Highway
... wir die beiden Nationalparks hinter uns liessen, stand eine längere Fahrt in Richtung Norden auf dem Programm. Unser Ziel: Dawson Creek, der Startpunkt des berühmt, berüchtigten Alaska Highways, welcher von British Columbia über das Yukon Territory ...
Mile Zero
Here we are in beautiful downtown Dawson Creek - in a computer store so we can get Internet access! The sun finally came out and it is warming from overnight (and yesterday) lows in the mid 40's. Our group is formed, and everyone made it, we are all ...
arrived 6 pm day 10
we seen a large grizzly eating berrys today Don went back and got some pictures nothing seems to trouble them it is as if you were not there as long as you are not in their space you would think they were tame probably people get hurt. It was in ...
Prince George to Dawson Creek - DAY 1
... ;Foray - A venture or an initial attempt, especially outside one's usual area Day 1 - June 21, 2007 Prince George to Dawson Creek Distance: 406 km Length of ...
Traffic and road construction
... and Grand Prairie. Heavy traffic and lots of road construction. Seems like we were forever on the road. Made it to Dawson Creek. Tonight we are in a very nice room. Paul's not feeling any better and the day takes on toll on ...
Mile Marker 1 of the Alaska Highway
... limit is 110 KM (about 70 mph), which seems to be merely a suggestion. I didn't see any troopers (mounties?) from Saskatoon to Dawson Creek. I made it to the Alaska Highway! As I said in my last post, I've continued to see yellow canola fields, but ...
On the Alaska Highway..
... still grey and dreary but at least it was dry! We traveled a relatively uneventful 200 miles from Grande Cache to Dawson Creek and actually managed to gain an hour - this part of Canada falls under Pacific Time! I say relatively uneventful ...
On Your Marks
... girl advised that Dawson Creek was about an hour and a half away- which meant I was doing better than I thought. I arrived in Dawson Creek late in the afternoon. The town is small and only famous for it's road. I drove straight through town and ...
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