Day 11 - Prince George, B.C. to Dawson Creek, B.C.

Prince George to Dawson Creek                     Saturday, June 19, 2010                                       
Jeff & Noreene Totten     (rig #11)

We started our day without hooking up our tow vehicle until after getting gasoline in Prince George. This allowed Noreene to see deer in the street while I had already passed the spot. As far as wild life spotting, that was as far as it went all day. Travel for the day was very pleasant with clear blue sky almost all the way. The only cloudiness was a small amount of high clouds about mid way along the drive and some scattered clouds around the park as we arrived at our destination.

Travel today took us over the Rockies again and from forest and rivers to farm land with live stock and grain crops.

Over the last few days we have seen lots of water in lakes and rivers. Today continued that but we did see a sign saying that fire danger was high. It was a warm day so perhaps things are starting to dry out a bit.

We have been told to expect many sites of road construction along the way and today was no exception. Today being Saturday, however, was a day off for work crews so our drive was not affected.

At 82 miles into the drive, we came to Mc Cleod Lake and a monument stating that in 1805, Simon Fraser built Fort Mc Cleod as a base for expanding the North West Company operations west of the Rockies. At this point, we had noticed many dead trees along the road and asked about it at the Mc Leod store. We were told that the dead trees were due to a Spruce Bug infestation and that the government was just letting nature take its course. 

122 miles into the trip, we came to Bijoux Falls. Once again we found that it is often difficult if not impossible to catch the beauty of Nature in a snap shot.

189 miles brought us to Chetwynd and a number of impressive chain saw carvings. Time did not permit us to properly explore the town and the carvings. It appears that we have saved something for another trip!

We arrived at Northern Lights RV Park about 3:00 PM, set up for the next day, and attended a talk at 4:00 PM on Dawson Creek, the Alaska Highway and some Canada trivia (we learned that 5 pin bowling and basketball were invented in Canada). Prizes (M&M’s) were given to Beverly, Evelyn and Dee for being dragged on this trip by Ira, Jim and Marvin. A bumper sticker was awarded to Jeff and Noreene for their flat tire and Irv and Shirley for window damage from a thrown rock. Also, a number of door prizes were given. All in all, a good day!