It seems they do a lot of wildlife ranching here in Canada. We passed an elk ranch not far south of Edmonton. While the landscape in still flat, rolling country, there are more trees now, aspen and conifers. The soil is very rich looking. I wonder if I can sneak some home for my garden? This area is rich in gas and oil but it does not have the frenetic traffic of the Midland/Odessa area in Texas. Perhaps this is due to the lower speed limits and more polite drivers!
Through the day, the land climbed to a plateau then began morphing into foothills with heavy timber. Highway 43 is a fast route northwest of Edmonton. It is a divided highway with 4 lanes almost all the way to British Columbia. In fact it was so fast that we decided to go on to Dawson Creek after arriving at our original stopping point, Grand Prairie, at 1:30 in the afternoon. We did run into our first highway work in Grand Prairie then again in Dawson Creek. So far we cannot complain about the waits.
Again our early start put us into Dawson Creek this evening where we will stay another day to rest up, do laundry, shop and play tourist. Dawson Creek is the actual start of the Alcan Highway and so is the true beginning of our Alaska adventure at Mile Marker Zero.
We are self-contained campers in our rig and that is proving to be a plus tonight as the campground, Northern Lights, had a water main break. We were really looking forward to a nice hot shower but that is a no go this stop. Tomorrow we get to sleep in and play tourist, both of which will be great!
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