Days 4 & 5. This blog covers two days, May 21 & 22. We were unable to access the web with our laptop last night, and then again today. So this blog is being generated from the Dawson Creek Public Library. We left Edmonton at 11:00 a.m. Thursday (5/21) after a leisure morning and shopping for provisions. We arrived at Dawson Creek at 5:30 p.m. after driving 379 miles. Dawson Creek is the start of the Alcan (Alaska) Highway. The Alcan was built in eight months during 1942 by the military as a supply route to Alaska for the defense of North America. We have watched two movies on the construction of the highway today. Gail and I are amazed at the effort that was necessary to accomplish this task. It has been deemed one of the sixteen engineering wonders in the world. Tomorrow we will see it first hand. Our destination tomorrow is Fort Nelson. Regarding our accomodations here in Dawson Creek, we pitched our tent are now in our camping mode. We slept fine last night, although the temperature was cold (I suspect upper 30's or lower 40's). Fortunately the sky is clear with no rain. The high approaches 60 today which is downright balmy for this far north. Our spirits remain high and we are full of anticipation. God did a pretty good job of creation and we're going to get some experience of it first hand tomorrow. Best wishes to all back home. Continue praying for good weather.
Mileage for the day (to Dawson Creek): 379
Mileage for the trip: 2,280
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