Day 13 - Dawson Creek, BC to Fort Nelson, BC

Day 13 - Monday, June 20, 2011

J.W. & Mary Jo Hurdle (#14)

Day 13 of our journey began on Monday morning at Milepost 0 of the Alaska Highway.  We left the soggy grounds of the RV park in Dawson Creek for a 282 mile trip (our longest day of travel so far) to Fort Nelson.  At least we started out without rain but about 100 miles into the trip the rain returned.

J.W. and Jake

Because Spence and Madi had to stay behind to assist another camper that had motorhome problems, a special thanks go out to our substitute tailgunners, Mel and Carl.  I'm not sure they were much help though, I did hear Carl tell someone before we left this morning, that if they had motorhome problems to call a wrecker. 

It rained most of the day today but the drive was good, the roads were much better than we thought they would be.  We spotted one black bear on the route.  Other spottings included a red fox, moose, and several deer.

After arriving at the Triple G Campground several of us toured the Heritage Museum.  There was so much classic stuff to view, it was hard to see everything.  There was also a big collection of antique cars, trucks, motorcycles and farm equipment.

L to R Gene and Marge Arnott, Jill and Art Spierre

Mary Jo and J.W. Hurdle

 It was good to see those that were delayed today arrive at the campground early.

Looking forward to a day of sunshine and no rain tomorrow.