Day 07

Welcome! Day7 (Aug 15) of North to Alaska

 

Quote . “All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it.” – Samuel Johnson
 

First thanks to all who have added a comment and/or sent an email. I do hope you are enjoying this blog as much as I am creating it.

We stayed at the Econolodge in Hinton, Alberta. It was cheap. The room was nice and we slept well but the breakfast left much to be desired. Cassie did have her coffee and toast and I had a bowl of cereal but nothing hot or even warm. It was cheap.

We then filled the car with gas at 1.239 per liter and headed out at 8:55. Cassie again picked the route (remember I owed her big time for the rafting). I tried to get my GPS to follow her route but when I entered the intermediate town it showed the town as a red dot but did not show any roads to or from the town. So off we went using Cassie’s maps. As it turned out the road was pretty good with a few constructions slowdowns. We made good time and actually stopped in Grande Cache at 10:30 and had breakfast at an A & W. From there we headed to Grande Prairie then on to Dawson Creek, the start of the Alaska Highway.

Part of British Columbia is in the Mountain Time Zone, Dawson Creek is in this part of BC. While all of Alberta is in the Mountain Time Zone it utilizes daylight savings time while the part in BC does not so we gained an hour. So time wise this was a very short travel day for us. We thought we were getting here at 3:15 but actually arrived at 2:15. So we relaxed and rested from the prior two days of physical activities.

Well I think this is enough filler so I will end this now knowing tomorrow we will be on the Alaska Highway.

 

Cassie at the start of the Alaska Highway

 

Mile Zero Marker downtown Dawson Creek