Aurora Park Inn & Suites Dawson Creek

... Creek early in the morning -- a cute town nestled in the step hills with a paper-mill and lots of other industries with the main distinction of being at Mile Zero of the Alaska Highway… Bye-bye British Columbia… Alberta and more camping in the mountains is on the horizon…

Tidbit:
- Look ma -- no bugs :))) -- hope this continues into Alberta...

It's hard to believe we're back at Mile 0 on the Alaska Highway. It really wasn't that long ago (6/20/09) when we stood out in that chilly wind here at Dawson Creek and took our pictures to mark the day. And, we've put 6,395 miles on the Bounder (not sure about the Honda)
We're going to stay here a couple of days to take care of a few things before we head south.
When we left Tucson, our plan was to do some fishing. Since all our gear was ...

... the highway while you travel. The project is considered one of the top 20 engineering marvels of the 20th century. No one had ever built a highway across permafrost and muskeg.

After the movie and some pictures of the historic milepost 0 marker, we walked back to the visitor center for some pictures of the coach at this special spot on our journey. Our campground for the night was the Mile “0” Park & Campground, just a mile down the road.

... here on our way up. It is on the Sikanni river and I really liked it. It had been raining so it was pretty muddy.

Monday: We got as far as Dawson Creek and decided to stay here. Fred & Bill got a hair cut but I refused to pay the price to get mine cut. We are staying at Mile O campground. Tomorrow we are going to an Antique Village beside the campground. It was rainy most of the day and a high of 52 deg. The lady here at the ...

... known for its display of chainsaw carvings. Our friend from Fenwick Marina, Jerry France, has taken up chainsaw carving and is rather talented. We thought he might enjoy seeing our pictures.

We had lunch at the A & W Root Beer in Chetwynd and returned to Northern Lights RV Park in the late afternoon.

Ron and Hazel have limped in from Grande ...

... Peace Valley.





We saw a very unusal fir tree which had very soft needles. I will have to look up this tree when I get back home. We were told that this town boomed with the discovery of oil and gas in the fifties. However, it definitely is not a boom town today.


We ate lunch in Grande Prairie, which was a farming community ...

... to get here if we called them? One day? Two? Although we haven't seen many animals on our trip so far, we did see some elk in a field. Ok, so they weren't actually wild elk, they were fenced in, but elk nonetheless. Here we are finally at Mile 0 of the Alcan Highway. We unhooked the trailer, and took a drive around town. Later, Dave and Val are going out for dinner to celebrate Dave's birthday. Tomorrow we are headed for Liard Hot Springs. Yeh! Your Mile 0 Beagle, Remington

... of the highway still exists, and we saw many instances of Canadian and American flags flying together. The tourist center shared a building with a small museum, where we saw an excellent film about the building of the highway, with lots of original footage. This left us even more impressed with the enormity of the accomplishment, which would be constantly reinforced as we drove it.

... ahead and they had a nice little history museum. The highlight was a 1 hr. video about the making of the Alaska Highway - though it was 16 years old. We then went around town to some shops to work on the RV. We just discovered that our crack in the ceiling in the bedroom of the RV had become bigger and that our dresser and cabinet on that one side had sunk one inch. Uh, oh!!! Well me and my infinite wisdom decided to jack the area up using the truck jack. This seemed to ...

... 20 minutes later and completely dark, we were sitting in our new home in the middle of the woods. It was rainy and cold so we thought it would be best to just have a snack and go to bed. I used the cooler for a table and sliced up tomato and cheese for sandwiches with a tiny sad excuse for a pocket knife. We remembered everything except a knife. There is nothing worse than sawing away for hours without even making a dent. Lesson One: Always bring a ...