Welcome to Dawson Creek!!! WE MADE IT!

Well as we said we had a deadline to arrive in Dawson Creek, British Columbia, Canada.  This is the meeting place for the Track Tours, where the Alkan Highway and our trip begins,   2300 miles from home.  It was a long week but a fun one.  Can't describe how beautiful everything is.  It is absolutely awesome.  I kept taking pictures through the windows, running back and forth throughout the motorhome to get some from both sides. I kept telling Bill the scenery on his side was better. (You know the grass is always greener!! LOL). Took a lot through the windshield as the sight before us as we were driving was amazing.  But even as many pictures as I took I could not capture the magnitude of the openness and magnificent view.  God is awesome in His creation!  I hope that you can absorb a little bit of it from the pictures we have.  (You really need to "click" on a picture so it will blow up and you can see it in full resolution.)

You know how in Ohio and Michigan we have the Deer Crossing signs?  Well Canada has Moose crossing signs!!  Pretty neat huh?  The first one we passed before I could get the camera ready, then I tried to get one from the other side of the motorhome going the other direction.  They were not easy to capture.  Finally got this one but it's a little fuzzy ... it was the last one we passed before Dawson Creek.  I was really excited to get this one!




We have been hitting libraries on the way as that seems to be the best place for wireless internet service.  Gives us a chance to check e-mail and work on the blog....Bill has an opportunity to check out what is going on in the world these days while I work on the postings.  The library in Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada was a little difficult to find (we're pretty sure they moved it and didn't tell the Garmin people), but it was a very nice library and gave us a nice break.  We were thankful for that.  We spent a little time walking around the city (mainly trying to find the library and then our rig! lol

We arrived in Dawson Creek around 6PM -- now we have traveled three time zones so we are a little off kilter.  Thankfully the cell phones let us know when we have entered another one.  We will be hitting one or two more before our trip is complete.  That can make getting in touch with family and friends back home a little difficult --- we have to stop and think.  lol.  But we hope to keep in touch as much as possible.  The only draw back with a trip like this is missing all of you!  Grandbabies especially!

We stopped and spent the night at the WalMart when we arrived.  There were seriously about 20+ motorhomes, RV's, etc.  Guess all the campgrounds were booked solid.  Met some people from Connecticut heading to Alaska on their own who couldn't believe they were reduced to WalMart camping. Now us...that is not a problem.  We're actually pretty good at it.  Well, OK, it's really Bill who has this all down pat...I'm still not sure what works off the generator, the propane, battery or what?  He manages to make everything work one way or another.  We spend our evenings fixing dinner, playing cards (cribbage mainly --- Dad Martin, we are tied at this point in the trip!!!), watching a DVD on the computer and planning our next day.  Life is good.  God is Good!!

This one as we were driving it looked as if the cars in front of us were going right over the edge the hill was so steep.  Pretty cool!

Wildflower at the road side rest which was very pretty and interesting.  Oh yeah, the road side rests are nothing like Ohio & Michigan's.  They are very bare and have two tiny little buildings, one for the men and one for the women.  I did not go in to check them out as we have our own facilities in the motorhome.  You know who used it and when it was cleaned last.  That's great!

The sky and the clouds just have me wowed!!  You feel like you are going to drive right up into the clouds and the heavens above.  I have always known the beauty of the sky but out here it seems so over the top.  I just can't stop taking pictures of the clouds as you have probably noticed by now. Hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoy taking the pictures!!

Thanks for taking the time to look at our pictures and hear about the little things along the way.  Pray all is going well with all of you back home!!