Day 23 - Wednesday, July 22/2009
Starting Location: Fort St. Johns, BC
Ending Location: Whitecourt, AB
Distance Travelled: 489 miles or 793 km
Distance Travelled to date: 7508 miles or 12491 km
Gas:
Dawson Creek, BC $1.059/li 12.046 litres $12.76 total
Valleyview, AB $0.949/li 13.60 litres $12.81 total
Swan Hills, AB $0.959/li 17.98 litres $17.25 total
Nova Motels, Whitecourt $140/night less $35 CAA member. Super clean, modern, wifi, air, dishes, fridge, microwave, fireplace
From Fort St. John, the landsscape was very flat. Not much to wow about as far as scenery. Went to Dawson City, the starting point or Mile 0 of the Alaska Highway.
Wanted to get to Edmonton, but the route was along a 4 lane highway, so I decided to try a more scenic route, along Highway 2 to Hwy33/32, but the prairie is the prairie. What is amazing is the rapeseed or canola fields that are bright yellow and go on for acres & acres. That's the best of the scenery.
Al contact a friend, Rory Hoogsteen, another former Saultite, and he suggested the Carson Pegasus Provincial Park. By the time we got close, I was on empty and it was 9:55 at night when I came across a gasbar that closes at 10:00. Thank gawd, I made it.
Drove the next 60km to the park site, seeing a lot of deer and moose along the roadway. We had thought it started to rain abit, but it was just the number of mosquitos that were hitting the windshield. The carrier on the truck looked like a felt material, but it was the layers of bugs...my poor bike!
It was too dark to set up, so we drove another 15km to Whitecourt and stayed at the Nova Hotel. It was amazingly clean and modern...Highly recommended. Tomorrow we will go to the West Ednmonton Mall and then go to Drumheller for a few nights.
Temperature: The day was very nice, about 26 degrees C, with clear blue skies. Haven't seen that for a while. Rest of the week is to be hot and clear.
The Alaska Highway/Highway 43 of Alberta was in perfect condition. Only concern is the gusty winds that can whip across the road.
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