Ramada Ltd Fort St John Fort St. John

... dining al fresco with friends celebrating birthdays, enjoying stimulating conversation, delicious goulash prepared by Harald and Helen, and wonderful wine. What a satisfying and heartening thing it is to find people with rich, creative, full lives who are curious and interested in the world around them, and are articulate in expressing views and opinions, and are involved in their ...

... 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...

Today we left Whitecourt, AB and drove into Bristish Colombia. We didn't stop except to eat lunch and fill up with diesel. We have been paying around .80/ltr to .89/ltr. Today we paid .93/ltr. We entered on the Alaska Hwy at Dawson Creek. We drove through rolling hills today and again with many cannola and grain fields. The road got rather bouncy today, like riding a ...

No moose, but a herd of elk visited us from across the river last night.
We decided to take the long, but potentially more interesting route to Ft St John through Prince George and Hudson Hope. It was scenic in places and the roads were good. We visited Chetwynd to see wood sculptures carved using chain saws. Stopped at WAC Bennett Dam. Its one of the largest earthen dams in the world. We had a black bear run in the road in front of us and saw big horn sheep, elk and deer, but no moose.

Another day on the road. We made it into Fort St. John, BC about 1330 local. Put the canopy out and now just resting and relaxing.

There hasn't been much traffic. See the pictures of near empty four lane highway.

I have added some scenic ...

... It has a population almost the same as Decatur's, and even has a Wal-Mart.

The sky is overcast, with occasional light rain. Rain is not forecast overnight, which is good.

OK, now I'll try to upload pictures. the WiFi signal strength is low. No pictures this time. Sigh.

Til later!

Well, now it's later. I'm in a campground in the little town of Charlie Lake.. Let's try the pictures again.

Sue ..

... just wanting to get there. I gave up the hot springs in favor of saving money and time. I took photos from the road. There were Buffalo, lakes, caribou, and two trucks that threw rocks in my face as I was traveling over gravel. One left a dime sized crack. The other I thought was almost nothing until it spread 6 inches across the windshield. It was a day of debate- is it spreading? Am I imagining it? Was it that far ...

... of song birds, many of which we got to know very well because they sang whenever the sun went down and came up (around 11:30pm and 4am). There was the yellow warbler, which sang a distinct song of descending notes, the hairy woodpecker, Brewer's Blackbird, and many more. We did some more work on a lake named Swan Lake, where we actually saw wild swans, and then we packed up our campsite left Fort St. John for Prince George.

... that week was a very smart move. Glacier NP was not very crowded, thankfully, but it was very beautiful. Naturally, we decided to ensure we would miss the crowds by going to one of the more remote campgrounds in the park - Bowman Lake - a 20+ mile drive along rough dirt roads that took about an hour each way in and out of the main park entrance. Glacier only has one paved road that leads right through the park - Going-to-the-Sun Road - and it's typically jam ...

... we should be airborne for Houston and from there the Belize International Airport!!! It will be nice to hit the warm sand and surf!! Our first two nights will be in a suburb of Belize City called Ladyville so hopefully they have internet and I can figure out how to send you all some pictures!! See you all from Belize!!