The Alaska Hwy...

Well the ride up from Grand Prairie to Dawson Creek, BC was easy, just a short hour up the road. That was the start of the grand Alaska Highway.  I was all nervous.  I filled up.  I went and found a bank to get Canadian dollars. Checked and rechecked all my gear, stopped at the visitor center. (Canada is great, they have an info center at every town. They can give you mileage, campgrounds, gas stops, maps, they seem to know it all.)

I got the famous picture of "Mile 0", then I set off, thinking... ok, this is going to be remote.  I'm alone and there will be no one around... Well, It was remote, I was alone, but there was a ton of traffic.  Not like standing-still traffic like in Memphis, but trucks heading north and south. Cars, RVs, travelers, and workers. It was no big thing. The road was in ok condition.  I ran into some construction with a few spots of dirt road, but mostly 70+ mph.  I was getting passed at that speed, by the way.  100k is 60mph.  Folks up here are running 90+mph.  Posted at 100k.  It's crazy.

My once in a life time shot:

What the road pretty much looks like:

Two lane.  No shoulder.  Some dirt turn offs.  No paint on the road to decipher "lanes".  I just stayed on my side and for the most part, the on-coming traffic stayed on their side.

I was getting low on fuel way north of Dawson Creek.  I stopped here at "Pink Mountain" (yes, BK this is your mountain).  

I fueled up and ate some snacks and kept on riding. This southern section of the highway is pretty straight and flat, not much riding excitement.  Tomorrow the road to Watson Lake is apparently better. More mountains and 6 hours from Fort Nelson.

So that's really it for today.  Not much really great scenery.  I rode a lot, made pretty much 2 stops on the way up.  I plan to camp 1 hour's ride to the NW.  I'm not done for the day, but the visitor center here in Fort Nelson was the only place to stop and write.  I think the Alaska Highway will get more scenic.  I will post up some of the "better" pictures when they happen.

Oh, I almost forgot. I saw this on the way up from Grand Prairie to Dawson Creek:

Yes, it is a giant Beaver. This might have been the most amusing thing all day.