The 1942 Alaska Highway wooden bridge.

Rotary RV Park, Fort St. John BC (2 stars)

Today we drove to Mile 0 of the Alaska Highway, which is in Dawson Creek. In effect, we have driven the entire Canadian stretch of the Alaska Highway except the piece from Haines Junction to the Alaska border. Our total distance was 1,557 kilometers. At the visitors centre we watched a film showing the building of the Alaska Highway in 1942. It was interesting to see so many landmarks in that film that we had just seen for ourselves over the last month.

On the way back to Fort St. John, we diverted to the Old Kiskatinaw Bridge. It is one of the few original wooden bridges left from that summer of 1942.

Just outside Fort St. John we visited the Site C Dam visitor overlook. The dam is nearing completion and the Peace River valley to the west will soon be flooded.

It's hard to believe we have travelled so many miles (or Kilometers). Lee has driven every single one of those kms. And I have pretty much taken most of the photos we have once we stop at a view point or place of interest. There are a LOT of places of interest.

When we got to the wooden bridge, there was something very familiar about it. Well, long before we decided on Roads Less Gravelled, we had driven up to the other end on Lee's retirement travel trip. Today, they do not allow any vehicles on the bridge, and after walking along the wooden planks, I believe that is a good decision.

Our views at the Site C Dam overlook brought back old memories too. Many years ago, when we used to take day drives from Regina, we would check out Lake Diefenbaker, created by the construction of the Gardiner and Qu'Appelle Valley Dams in the late 1960's. (ref: Tourism Saskatchewan).

We settled back at the Schooner and caught a nap before dinner, and now downloading photos, filling the blog and planning more adventures for tomorrow. Rumors, they involve a quilt shop. GRIN.