May 17 – Welcome to the Alaska Highway

Started out sun shinny and warm.

I got the Blog updated while we sat and ate at the Creations Diner – They’re open 24 hours a day and offer good food and service.

We left White Court about 9am.

Continued up CA-43 to Dawson Creek. 

Dawson Creek is where the Alaska Highway starts.  A stop at the visitor center yielded some very helpful info, Ask for the Gas and Campground sheet, this is a very extensive list on one sheet of paper.

Jodie noticed the frig wasn’t cold, so we stopped at Fort St John and topped off the propane, it had 5 lbs in it and the Service Tech added 15 lbs to bring it up to full, cost was $12. I relight the frig and its OK,  The winds were very gusty, I think the winds may have blown out the frig. I had the frig running on propane for a week now, we also ran the heater two nights so far. We didn’t start this trip with a full bottle, so I think the propane use is going very good.

Seen a couple unique road signs, this is one of them.  The only wildlife we’ve seen so far are a lot of deer on the side of the road.

We decided to stop early rather than run to late, Its cold and light rain.  We seen several patches of snow on the north facing hills.

We’re ahead of schedule so a stop at Pink Mountain  for the night,  $24 for a spot with electric, (run my small heater, and frig off elect for the night)

Jodie warmed up some potatoes (left over from breakfast) beans, and hot dogs.  Fine dining and a movie in the Toyhouse, in beautiful downtown Pink Mountain RV Park.

Mileage for today > 410 miles – 12.9 mpg – Strong headwinds

John & Jodie