Day 78 – May 27 – Driving in British Columbia

We pulled out of the campground around 10 o’clock; being retired allows us not to hurry to get on the road in the morning, so we take it easy most days.  Drove north on the Trans Canada Highway (highway 1) until it turned eastward.  Highway 97 had joined highway 1 a few miles back (still think in miles instead of kilometers) and we stayed with highway 97 north towards Dawson Creek and the start of the Alaskan Highway.

When we went through customs at the border the agent had asked how long we would be in Canada.  I said we were on our way to Alaska and would probably be in Canada 2 weeks or so.  She laughed and said so you are visiting someone.  I said no, just driving through.  She said it should take 2 or 3 days.  I agreed with her and we went on.  She thought it was so funny she told Rick and Mary what I had said.  Well, we are finished with our second day of driving and are maybe half way to the start of the Alaskan highway, so I know it will be closer to my time span than hers.

Today the sky was clear in the morning and the scenery is just outstanding.  We drove around mountains beside the swollen Thomson River and then across the mountains in the afternoon with a little light rain from time to time.

Train going through tunnel

Waterfall along the route

At times it would look like high desert on one side of the highway and on the other would be an irrigated field so green it looked out of place.  We both marveled at the beauty of the scenery.

 

A church along the road

Rick and Mary going through rock

Another church

Dorrie started taking pictures of the road signs that we don’t see in the states, but so far she has missed the best one – a badger crossing.

Sure we have these but the antlers are correct on this sign

Dump truck crossing

Reduce speed ahead

Rough road

We are currently parked in the Wal-Mart parking lot in Quesnel, British Columbia.  When we crossed the border, we turned our phones to airplane mode to avoid the international roaming charges.  That takes away my hotspot ability so finding Wi-Fi is hard.  Luckily, Wal-Mart has a free guest service, which is what I am using to make this post.  I will continue to write summaries and will post when I can.