http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Alaskan-Highway/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , Canada , British Columbia , Alaskan Highway en-us Sat, 25 May 2013 16:59:47 +0000 Sat, 25 May 2013 16:59:47 +0000 DAY 11 MONDAY JULY 9 So it officially happened today...we are on the Alaska Highway..I referred to it as The ALCAN but at it39s completion in the 5039s Alaskan39s did not like that name so it was changed to the Alaska Highway. I39ll call it the AH when I write. Our first order of business today was getting our family picture at the famous Mile Marker 0 sign in the center of Dawson http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Alaskan-Highway/blog-729828.html DAY 9 SUNDAY JULY 8 Today we left Jasper National Park and now are actually on our way towards the Alaskan Highway The ALCAN this will be a long beautiful stretch of nearly 1200 miles and then we will finally be in Alaska. I can39t help thinking what an amazing nine days we have already had and we aren39t even to our official destination yet. We were on the road around 1000 am with l http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Alaskan-Highway/blog-729086.html No matter how properly you have saved and also prepared for that day you need it there may come an occasion when you39ll need a short term loan. In the event that you can head over to Mom and Dad thats excellent. Otherwise you could really feel like you could have nowhere to turn. Well practically nothing may be further from the truth. Whenever life gives you lemons consider online payd http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Alaskan-Highway/blog-702449.html Sunday August 14 2001Leaving Liard Hot SpringsI woke up at 1030 I think I could have slept for hours more what a great sleep. What a sleep after soaking in the hot spring. Every backyard needs a hot spring. From inside my tent I heard a camp worker say that it got down to 4 degrees last night. I took a morning walk down the boardwalk to check out the spring in day light. The boardwalk goe http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Alaskan-Highway/blog-635258.html Friday August 12 2011A Rest DayDidnt sleep the greatest last night. All the animals living in and around the pond kept me up. First it was a moose crossing the marsh at the far end. Clomp clomp clomp for a good half hour and then it was the busy beavers that were busy doing something that required splashing.Most of the day was spent at the computer working on the blog. It is amazing how http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Alaskan-Highway/blog-635242.html Thursday August 11 2011Rain and ColdI woke up to over cast and weather that threatens to rain. It threatened and then rained. This kind of sucks. This section of the Alaskan Highway is one of the best sections of highway I have ever been on. The Alaskan Highway was my introduction to the mountains and wilderness of British Columbia during my 2004 Road Trip. I would have stayed at the campgro http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Alaskan-Highway/blog-634449.html July 8 2011 FT. NELSON TO LIARD HOTSPRINGS.Unfortunately we started off in the rain this morning and the clouds hung low over the mountains so we were not able to get clear panoramic views. This was one of the more picturesque drives as the road climbed over the Rocky Mountains or paralleled rivers and lakes. There are many signs along the way warning about the danger of wildlife on the roa http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Alaskan-Highway/blog-626303.html July 7 2011 DAWSON CREEK TO FT. NELSONAs part of our Orientation we were asked to get together with two or three other rigs and travel together keeping in touch with our CB radios. Every unit has been assigned a number and we refer to that number when leaving or checking in at the next camp or talking to each other along the road. This is the way George our leader will keep track of us al http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Alaskan-Highway/blog-626296.html We really are in an obscure but breathtaking place called Muncho Lake. This is a rustic Northern Rockies Lodge which is a haven for sportsmen of all types. This morning we awoke to blue I mean really blueskies. On the road in 60 sunny weather it was perfect UNTIL we stopped in Watson Lake for lunch. Of course there were dark clouds the direction we were heading so we just kept our rain gear on http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Alaskan-Highway/blog-625581.html We continued to run into a lot of rain throughout Northern Alberta and British Columbia. Although we enjoyed the campground and museum at Fort Nelson the rain was relentless. Sybil decided to truck on when we got to Fort Nelson and we will meet up with her later. The road from Fort Nelson to Watson Lake Yukon is reported to be one of the most scenic on the Alaska Highway. What we saw was th http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Alaskan-Highway/blog-622244.html Our group spent two nights in Dawson Creek. Of course had to have a picture taken at Mile 0 of the Alaskan Highway. We went to the Alaska House and saw an impressive video on the building of the Alaskan Highway. One of the amenities of our RV park was a restaurantbar just across the parking lot from the office. Had a wonderful prime rib dinner in the pub. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Alaskan-Highway/blog-620887.html In addition to seeing Mile 0 marker and the start of the Alaska Hwy the group visited the Visitor Information Center the Art Gallery and the Alaska Highway House. The film on the building of the highway and the various exhibitions a the highway house were outstanding.As a geocacher who has purchased four travel bugs I drop one off at Medicine Hat and a second at a small park here at Dawson http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Alaskan-Highway/blog-620886.html There is a product out there called Tooth FX. It is inexpensive and will stay on all day. You can get it at any local zentai suit shop. It comes in yucky yellow brown or black. I would go with the suggestion frizzed had for growing your own leg hair out. You can add the hair to your legs with spirit gum but it would be a lot of work and difficult to remove I like the bloody leash idea and I th http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Alaskan-Highway/blog-619498.html We spent a very leisurely morning and left the park around noon. Just when we thought we were growing webs between our toes and moss behind our ears we awoke to a glorious blue sky and believe it or not sunshine We might have to dig out our what do you call them sunglasses. Maybe Daisys bed s will get dry. This park closes on September 8th for the winter. It starts to snow here shortly http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Alaskan-Highway/blog-525754.html Rich spent two hours working on getting our black water euphemism for sewage drained and really cleaned out. Yuck It rained all night and it was a rainy morning. As we drove through the town Nancy noticed a curling rink. Nearly every town weve been through has a curling rink especially in Canada. Even Anchorage had one.Weve been noticing that the aster and the goldenrod are bloomi http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Alaskan-Highway/blog-525731.html These are the photos that wouldn't upload for the last three days. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Alaskan-Highway/blog-525725.html When we woke up this morning we could smell forest fire smoke. Last night when we stopped Rich had heard that the Cassiar Highway that leads up over the mountains to the west and eventually to Vancouver was closed due to a forest fire. Cars were being led through the smoke by a pilot car. It wasnt smoky here last night but today it was pretty thick. We woke up with scratchy throats. We were http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Alaskan-Highway/blog-525722.html Here are our observations for todayThe berries are ripe the rosehips are big and plump we tasted some and some of the low plants leaves are changing to yellow and red.We were here a MONTH ago with Jan We went through Watson Lake again and as we passed the Signpost Forest we checked to see if our cribbage board sign was still up. It was and there were about 80 brand new sign poles instal http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Alaskan-Highway/blog-525006.html