If this is Wednesday June 27th, we are still in B.C. Canada
On the move again, after a very nice 2 ½ day break at Farmington Fairways.
We headed North on the Alaska Highway, and with all the stops we had, a very pleasing 352 miles was achieved, well past Fort Nelson.
Another magical day in our adventure.
Before that we finally encountered the dust we had been warned about.
There was 46 km of road repairs, which held us up for an hour. They redo one side of the road and provide a pilot truck to take the traffic through the contra flow system.
The roads are made from grey gravel and the dust clouds are ginormous. It was that bad I was expecting to see Lawrence of Arabia riding out of the gloom on his camel screaming “ No Prisoners!!” ( I liked that movie)
Anyway on we went, the road getting ever narrower and ever bumpier. We had read all the books so we knew that our speed was not going to be as good as previous, but as we aint on a schedule, who cares?
Up until now, we had encountered downhill wiggly wiggly, steepy steepy grades of 7% maximum. Today we had a 9% and a 10 %, quickly followed by a bridge across the Peace River, which had a metal grate type surface, and was a real pig to keep the coach going in a straight line. This was right before the town of Taylor, which says it all!!! ( Taylor is our grandson )
Needless to say, Captain Cautious came to the rescue again and all was well.
We stopped for a light lunch ( Marlipops has put me on rations) and I sat down in the recliner after stretching my legs, looked up through the front screen, and there is Mrs Moose and baby mooselet strolling across the road. I was actually quick enough to get some good pix.
Then, later in the day, on a nice straight bit of road, Mr Bear comes ambling out of the woods to our left. I slammed on the brakes, Marlipops picks up the camera, screams that it will only focus on the bugs splattered on the windscreen, unfastens her seatbelt, unlocks the door and dashes out and still manages to get some great pix.
Then I get told off coz the screen is full of squished bugs!!! We had a clean screen when we left, and within 5 miles it was filthy, but it was my fault !!!!!
But honestly, Marlipops and I are having a blast together on this trip. We never fight or argue, she keeps me laughing, keeps me going when I’m tired with the driving, and we love each other to bits.
We saw another bear later, both of them were black bears, as well as a elk, but as I stopped at the side of the road to take pix, someone overtooked us, and the elk did a runner. Marlipops saw a hawk/harrier/falcon type bird which was pretty stunning, but we have been unable to identify it, yet.
In this part of the world, some of the trees are conifer pine things of one sort or another. At one point today, we saw a pine tree, about 6 ft high, still growing and alive and everything, fully decorated for Christmas. Bizarre. Perhaps there is too much snow in the winter for Sanity Clause to get here!!!
Wildlife watch today….see above, plus a few deer.
We are in the wilds, so, no new beer, no internet, no cell phone just animals. Great!
Normal service will be resumed as soon as possible, when and if we get back to civilization.
