Blogs from Fort St John, British Columbia, Canada, North America

Bonjour à tous, Je suis toujours sur l'Alaska Highway et depuis Palmer. Pour rejoindre l'Alaska, depuis le sud il n'y a que cette route. Elle part de Dawson Creek, et finie à Fairbanks pour 2450km. Je vais la quitter demain matin, une centaine de km avant Dawson Creek. Il y a une autre route, mais qui elle part de Prince Rupert (juste au nord de la pointe sud de l'Alaska), et qui rejoint l'Alaska Hgw à Watson Lake. Vous avez constaté que mes étapes se situent toujours dans les environs de 500km. Le pourquoi, les villes, pour certaines se sont même des villages, sont des anciens poste de traite, qui ont pu devenir des forts militaires. Comme ce soir ou hier, où il ne reste d'ailleurs aucuns vestiges, mis à part le nom de Fort. A ... read more

Left Ft St John for Watson Lake Took highway 97 via Muncho Lake Provincial Park Took tons of pictures as the scenery was awesome. Muncho Provincial park is a must do. Like Jasper, words cannot describe. See the pictures Saw mountain sheep, a badger and a bear on the road. Spent the night in Ft St John... read more

Distance driven today: 427 miles / 687 km Cumulative distance driven: 1,419 miles / 2,284 km Today’s trip: Liard River, British Columbia, Canada to Fort St. John, British Columbia, Canada Hours of riding in sub-freezing temperature: 3 The morning ride started with a realization that, overnight the temperature had dropped significantly. Riding southbound from Liard River, I found myself stopping several times to put on more clothing layers to protect myself against the piercing cold. With temperatures around freezing, the wind chill effect when driving at 60 mph (100km/h) can be *very* significant. By the time I got to the Summit Pass, by milepost 393, the temperature had dropped below freezing, and light snow started falling! Luckily, the snow did not stick on the road. After stopping at the glacial blue, and freezing cold, Muncho Lake, ... read more

Je suis exactement a Dawson Creek 75 kms au sud de Fort St John. Dawson Creek est le mile 0 de l' Alaska Highways. Le point de départ de cette route qui va relier Dawson Creek a Fairbanks en Alaska. Soit 1523 miles. 1 mile =1.6 km, soit 2436 kms. Toutes les villes que je viens de traverser, sont toutes construites sur cette route. Fort St John, Fort Nelson, Dawson City, Watson Lake, Whitehorse. Ce ne sont en fait que des anciens comptoirs, de trappeurs, de chercheurs d' or. Aujourd'hui, ce ne sont plus que des station d' essence, avec des motels. Lorsque je préparais ce périple j' avais hâte de les découvrir, elles qui m' avaient fait rêver a travers Jack London. Ca c' est une déception. Exemple Dawson Creek, pour les touristes il y ... read more

Said goodbye to our beautiful view of Muncho Lake this morning. Just before we left, the plane that Jim has on his wish list took off on the lake . I tried to take a picture. Guess you will have to just use your imagination. I also took a picture of the lake to show the green color. In the foreground of the picture, it looks like rocks, but actually there is water covering the rocks. The water is that clear. At that RV park, they generate their own electricity. We had 15 amps. You couldn't run very many things on that. We had a lot of road construction today and some of it was going through the mountains. Road construction is bad enough without it being in the mountains. I also took a picture of ... read more