Layover in Dawson Creek
I have added a link at right that goes to Sue’s photos thus far. There are a lot of things to see there.
It did rain last night. Pretty steady too. Not hard enough to wash the vehicles though. This morning was crystal clear, bright blue sky, no clouds, and temp about 50 degrees F. All through Alberta we had morning lows at or below freezing.
Went back to Mile 0 in Dawson city and got our first real taste of Alaska Highway tourism. The parking lot of the visitor center (quite large) was filled with RVs. All exactly alike. Small Class C’s. All same manufacture and all with Alaska plates. I guess some sort of tour group, Possibly overseas organized. We saw a similar group in Banff of about twelve RV’s all the inhabitants were from Germany (they had the first name of the occupants on a card taped to the rear of the RV).
Mile 0 cairn and sign in the sun this time. Hint of RV crowd in background.
Center of traffic roundabout (original Mile 0 sign post was at this location. It was destroyed by inept local driver.)
Metal sculpture at start of Alaska Highway. It depicts a surveyor pointing toward Alaska.
An interesting and fun and well done thing that Dawson Creek has don is commission a large number of murals painted on the sides of buildings around town. There is a self guided walking tour of the town that takes you by a number of the murals and points out many historical locations. The murals are very good and add to the charm of the town (what there is of it).
The three shots below are one short alley in town. The second picture is a block long mural depicting the town in the 1040’s. The bottom picture is of the wall at the end of the alley. Some of the buildings in the painting are still there.
I spent much of the afternoon studying the next couple of days route while Sue wrote a letter to send to her mother. Basically a typewritten description of our trip so far so she can follow along.
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