AK Adventure-10/10/07

Logged another good day today, making it from Chetwynd (just south of Dawson Creek) all the way to Fort Nelson, all on Highway 97. By now though we have switched over to the Alcan (Alaskan/Canadian Highway). This is the world reknowned first road built to connect Alaska to Canada. It is a very rough road, complete with bad road tar, bumps, and those pesky steep downhill grades (here we go again with the dirty underwear, up on two wheels things - just kidding). McKinley has decided over the last couple of days to be joined at the hip with whoever is in the passenger seat. Where you go, she goes. What you do, she does. She's getting impatient. Got a new driving tip for anyone anticipating travels through this country. If a really huge moose pops out to cross the road, don't say, 'STOP, STOP' to your wife who is driving. You'll quickly find out just how good your brakes really are. Unneccessary, given moose travel slowly. If you do this, you just might find yourself duct-taped to the windshield of your RV like I did. Tomorrow we are traveling only to Liard Hot Springs, about 5 to 6 hours west of Fort Nelson. One other point of interest. In these northern Canadian towns, which are much like the Lowell's and Ionia's we are all familiar with, people have control of the roads. Street signals or not, people just cross the road whenever they want to, and the cars actually stop. Some of the stopped drivers even wave at the pedestrians. Nice change, given if you did this at home you'd be run over with no questions asked, not to mention the recipient of certain hand gestures. From now until we reach Alaska we'll be traveling west along the boarder of British Columbia and the Yukon Territory. Can you believe it....the Yukon Territory! On to Whitehorse, then we'll be able to smell Alaska.
Hoping all is well with everyone. We love you, and we miss you.
Bob and Pam