Blogs from Fort Nelson, British Columbia, Canada, North America

Bonjour à tous, De retour en Colombie Britannique. Ce matin 5h des motards en Harley font démarrer leur "pétochon", et bien évidemment, ils ont réveillés tout l'hôtel. Je les ai appelé motards, j'aurais du dire des gros C....Ça m'a permis au moins une chose c'est de partir de bonne heure. A 7h le moteur tournait, 8°, ciel bleu. Je m'étais rendu compte les années passées, que plus j'étais tôt sur la route, plus je voyais de faune. Hé bien ce matin ce n'est pas le cas, il me faut faire 50km, pour voir le premier ours noir. il est beau bien gras, il mange dans le fossé, et ne fait aucun de moi. Pour la belle photo, c'est raté, ma carte mémoire est dans le pc, dans le coffre, et la mémoire interne est pleine. Pas ... read more

British Columbia- Super Natural as their welcome signs say!! Another gorgeous day. Saw so much beauty and amazing wildlife - about 30 black bears, herds of bison, Rams, sheep and even 1 young elk. I love this country.!!... read more

Up at 5:30 AM, temperature 42. We gained another hour so sunrise is at 4:30 AM... impossible to sleep very late as body clock is still off from the gain of three hours in less than a week. The Alaska Highway formally known as the "Alcan" begins at Mile 0 in Dawson Creek, BC. Alaska highway was constructed during World War II for the purpose of connecting the contiguous US to Alaska across Canada. Completed in 1942 at length approximately 1700 miles it was open to the public in 1948. Today it is approximately 1398 miles due to reconstructions overtime. We started our trek for the day at Mile 0 by taking a group picture of the crew at the monument at the beginning of the Alaska Highway. The Alcan is a pretty boring ride ... read more

Spent last night at Northern Lights Campground in Dawson Creek, BC., quite wet and sloppy with snow on the ground. Great laundry and shower facilities...we took advantage of both. We were all up early due to entering the Pacific time zone--it was starting to get light at 4:15 am--plus it was not yet dark at 10:30 pm. Left Dawson Creek around 9 after filling our propane tanks--we've been giving our furnaces a workout with this cold weather. This is the beginning of the Alaskan highway. President Roosevelt authorized the construction of the ALCAN following the bombing of Pearl Harbor. We were considered vulnerable since the Japanese occupied the Aleutian Islands. The ALCAN highway, considered to be one of the modern day wonders of the world, was built in eight months, 1500 miles. We are currently ... read more

Left Watson Lake this morning at 8.30am. The sky looked a bit moody but we decided against wet weather gear which worked out fine as it remained overcast to sunny. It didn't take long on the road before we had our first bear encounter; a mother grizzly bear and her two cubs. You can tell they are grizzly bears as opposed to black bears because the grizzly has a distinctive hump on the back of its neck and more of a 'dish face' - the black bear has a pointed face. Also grizzlies are bigger. They were about 20 metres away from us. I will post a video to FB for those who use this. The road was TEEMING with wildlife today and it wasn't long before we saw buffalo on the road, further along we ... read more