Day Four from Dawson Creek, BC

We have been without internet for the last few days.  On Day Two, we arrived in Moose Jaw, SK (435 miles) and on Day Three, we drove to Edmonton, AB (465 miles).  Most of Saskatchewan was as you see in the photo, Canola.  Canola is similar to our soybean and you see lots of it in the grocery store.  It's healthier than our soybean oil.

When we arrived in Edmonton, Rose and Bill had their friends come over for a visit.  They are Wally and Lorna Bendt, friends from South Texas. 







We drove to Dawson Creek, BC today (367 miles) and arrived at the beginning of the Alaskan Highway. The picture is of Connie and Rosemary at the ceremonial beginning of the ALCAN.  Here's the history of the highway.  It was built during WWII as a way of transporting war material to Alsaka.  Started on March 8, 1942, and completed on October 28th of the same year!  Originally 1,700 miles; that's remarkable.  Today, because of reconstruction and shotcuts, the highway is 1,387 miles.  It starts in Dawson Creek and ends in Delta Junction, AK.  At first it was a "military only" highway, but it was opened to the public in 1948.  During the first 50 years it was mostly a gravel road, and today it is all paved.

Mile marker "0" is above left and the sign is in the museum at Dawson Creek.  There are two parts of our Alaskan Adventure: the Alaskan Highway and Alaska.