Leaving the Canadian Rockies and Heading West
Back west through the mountains over an amazingly gentle road. Hardly knew when we reached the high point. The crest is the border between Alberta and British Columbia. We got that hour back! On the west side the road follows a canyon that goes by the tallest mountain in the Canadian Rockies, Mount Robson. There is a nice visitor center that has a picture window that looks at the peak. Unfortunately, although we never got rained on we were under cloudy skies much of our drive including when we were at the center. Here is a picture of 80% of the mountain.
This is what it is like on a clear day.
There is a score sheet by the door where they tally days they saw the summit. Guess what. Every day in May until today. Oh well.
The people in the visitor center told us about an ancient cedar forest that was about a hundred miles further down the road. Surprisingly this grove was found only in the last few years. A rough trail has been developed by a local friends of the trees group. We stopped and took a short hike through the grove.
This is the base of what they call The Big Tree
View up inside a ring of trees
Another 50 miles and we reached Prince George. Big town/city at the intersection of two major Canadian roads. Found a really full service RV park. It has everything. Electric, water, sewer, cable free WIFI, laundry, free showers, and a few other amenities. A chance to clean up and reconnect. The town is large enough that it has a super Walmart AND a Costco. Restock time. Tomorrow we head to Dawson Creek and Mile “0” of the Alaska highway.
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