Woodlands Inn Fort Nelson

The repairman arrived at our RV park at 8:00 this morning and lead us over to his shop. It only took him about an hour and a half to weld and reinforce our hitch so we were on our way by 9:45. Driving through Mucho Lake and then on to Fort Nelson has some pretty good pulls up the mountain, but beautiful scenery. We saw 1 bull bison and right before that, we saw a car in the ditch and 2 dead ...

... the bear so they could remove him from the campground. I’m sure he thought it was a good spot; the grounds were covered with berries. Many are salmon berries, and some appear to be beauty berries, but there’s one that’s not familiar to me. It’s large, and dark red; could be a current but I need my friend, Lois, here to identify them. Lois has lived in Alaska and traveled these parts for 38 years and knows all the flora and ...

... travelers, truckers and from "junkers" adorn the walls in the car display building. Art is intrigued by the antique heavy equipment primarily used in the building of the Alcan Highway. <br> <br>A log cabin, an old Northwestel building used for local telephone operators, a turn of the 20th century Hudson's Bay house, a diesel generator used to power the towns first electrical service and an old derrick used for the drilling of ...

... our car...so you could see just how close they were to us.<br><br>We had the windows open, so I could take pics without all the glass/bug guts showing up on film (you'll see plenty of those in my next entry)....which made me a bit nervous. I wasn't sure if they might actually come up to the car, especially since we had the dog. You never know...a Pug is probably a good size snack for a bear!<br><br>Stayed in Ft. Nelson, which was just like all the other little ...

... oil country (there were numerous natural gas exploration wells and climbed Pink Mountain before beginning our descent to the Sikanni River. The red bark willows give the mountain a pink color in the morning sun. Feldspar also contributes to the pink color. Some sections of this road were quite steep. After our climb out of the Valley we traveled through the ...

... in the northern parts of Canada, but there are little facilities for tourists. The visitor information centre was closed for the season in mid September even though all the travel guides we had read suggested that they were open until the end of the month. We decided to stay at the Super 8 motel. Like most of the other shops and services it was situated on the highway. A double room for the night cost $129 including breakfast. Distance Travelled - 529Km Time Taken - Approx 7 Hours

... built all distances were in miles and to help people understand locations, the address were milepost 34 for example. As time went on some sections of the highway were improved and the highway actually is shorter, so for a purist the mileage posts are no longer accurate. But there are still some of the original mileposts along the highway. To add even more confusion Canada uses the metric system which adds a whole new wrinkle. Distance travelled today: 493 Km

... Summit Lake, and the hoodoos at Stone Mountain Provincial Park. Tomorrow will be the worst stretch of road as this is the section that is continuously getting improved as it is this section that winds through the Northern Rockies of Canada. I will be continuing to type out my journal and will post when I am able to but due to the lack of chain hotels and staying in lodges I can't guarantee the next post. But will post the logs when I have access.

... einem Bier denke ich und halte an. Ich hab es mit einer Bande Trucker und Besitzer von Transportgeschaeften zu tun. Sie jagen Schwarzbaeren und machen gerade Pause. Waehrend wir ueber Lastwagen, Gesetze, und anderes Zeug philosophieren fuellen sie mich mit Bier und Erdnuessen ab. Am Schluss verabschieden sie sich, druecken mir noch schnell einen Cinnamon Bun in die Hand und sind auch schon wieder weg. Danke Jungs! Und auch ich bin wieder auf er Strassen.

... being plain rude. They were hanging out in the room with a couple Quebec guys making so much noise I left and went to the lounge to read. There I met a guy from Boston who is traveling to Alaska too. More on that in a bit - and no it's not that exciting. In a nutshell, PROS and CONS of Edmonton: Pros: · Selection of dining options at reasonable prices - I had a great Indian buffet for lunch; it wasn't cheap but very reasonable. · Got a great haircut at a cosmetology school for $15 ...