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Hello from British Columbia! \u00a0We have made it to mile 0 of the Alcan – we are in Dawson Creek, BC, Canada. \u00a0We arrived here this afternoon around 4:00 local time (we are now on Pacific time), made a stop at the inevitable Walmart to stock up on some groceries, and then to our camground for the night, aptly named “Mile 0 Campground”. \u00a0Very nice campground, we’ve already met several folks here who are also heading up the Alcan. \u00a0Our neighbors right behind us have a German Short Hair, 3 1\/2 years old. \u00a0He’s more brown than Jaeger was, but it was good to see another big one that acted a lot like Jaeger.<\/p>\n

I think Dawson Creek is sort of a “staging area” for folks to get ready for the great beyond – the trip up north. \u00a0This is the kind of campground we like…well kept, friendly folks and not a mud hole – more on that in a moment. \u00a0We plan to stay in Dawson Creek until Sunday. \u00a0We have to move to a different campground tomorrow, there’s no availability at the one we are at now. \u00a0Hopefully we’ll like the other one just as well.<\/p>\n

Saturday is Canada Day – sort of like our 4th of July. \u00a0They are celebrating 150 years, and we’ve heard things will be shut down Saturday, crazy people will be on the roads, and there’s no use trying to travel on that day. \u00a0So we’re going to take that good local advice and stay put until Sunday. \u00a0I want to catch up on laundry and be sure we have all the supplies we need, I’m expecting services like grocery stores to be much further and fewer once we leave here. \u00a0I could be wrong, we’ll find out and I’ll let you know!<\/p>\n

Back to the mud comment….the previous 3 days have been non stop rain. \u00a0The campground we were at in Hinton, Alberta (I think I referred to it as “eclectic”) became a terrible mud pit in the rain. \u00a0We left there Wednesday morning and were glad to go. \u00a0We literally were sinking into the mud. \u00a0While we were packing up and getting ready to leave, a nice couple stopped by to say hi. \u00a0There were only 2 other RVs in the place, and these folks had just pulled in the night before. \u00a0They were leaving too. \u00a0They were from Auckland, New Zealand. \u00a0They keep their RV and truck in storage in Canada and come over each summer to tour. \u00a0Super nice, we exchanged contact information and they invited us to come visit them in New Zealand. \u00a0We needed to dump our tanks (grey tank which is all waste water except for the toilet, and black tank, which is only toilet), but the sani-dump was so small and placed in such a terrible location we couldn’t get to it. \u00a0So we left and planned to dump upon arrival at the next campground.<\/p>\n

We then arrived yesterday at a campground in Grand Prairie, Alberta. \u00a0It took us about 4 1\/2 hours to drive about 200 miles. \u00a0We were in the mountains, rained all day, foggy, and it was a 2 lane road with lots of logging trucks on it. \u00a0That all was stressful, but, it got really stressful when we saw where we were staying. \u00a0I had reserved 2 nights here. \u00a0The entire campground was one giant mud bowl. \u00a0I can say this with certainty because we had to circle the entire “loop” 3 times – once looking for the check in office which was not on the loop but also not marked so we had driven by it when we came in, once more to get to the sani-dump, and again to get out of the sani-dump because we were too big to turn out, we could only go in the circle again.<\/p>\n

We were put into a separate area called a “group camping” area. \u00a0We see these alot – I’m guessing they are reserved by church groups, weddings, etc. \u00a0We were the only ones in this area that had about 10 campsites. \u00a0Kind of nice on one hand to be secluded, but, it was not maintained very well at all. \u00a0We had to fight through high weeds to get to the electrical hook up, and the water hook up was so burried in weeds I couldn’t find it at first. \u00a0Steve got shocked when plugging in the electric since the “on\/off” indicator was backwards – we put it to the “off” position before plugging in, but it was really “on” and he got a nice shock.<\/p>\n

The mosquitos feasted on us the minute we got out of the truck. \u00a0I don’t think they had seen fresh meat in days. \u00a0There was standing water all over the place. \u00a0 We looked at each other and said, “we’re not unhitching, we’re leaving tomorrow morning”. \u00a0We can stay for a night without unhitching from the truck. \u00a0We can’t put down the leveling jacks, but we can still put out the slides.<\/p>\n

This is when I was thinking – Seriously?! \u00a0The water is probably not safe to drink, we are covered in mud, the floor in the RV needs mopping in the worse way, and Gerry keeps wanting to drink the standing gross water all around us. \u00a0Not fun.<\/p>\n

So after all that, I made us a cheese plate with hot peppers from MaryAnne – thank you, they are delicious, we have used the entire jar now! \u00a0And our favorite comfort food, creamy noodles. \u00a0No internet or cell service so I couldn’t search for a new campground. \u00a0Ugh! \u00a0Then, at about 11:00 at night, when the sun was just about done setting (yes, there is a lot of daylight up here) and it was almost dark, 2 pickup trucks drove back to our area. \u00a0We were completely separate from the main campground, and were immediately worried. \u00a0But after a few minutes they had kids get out of the trucks and play on the 2 swings that were there for a playground. \u00a0They left soon enough, but it gave us a bit of a fright…probably because our nerves were already on edge.<\/p>\n

It was sunny in the morning, we did some chores around the house and washed the RV and truck the best we could to get most of the mud off. \u00a0Then it was off to Dawson Creek. \u00a0All is well. \u00a0I only have a few pictures here. \u00a0Hope to have some great photos as we travel up the Alcan.<\/p>\n

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Our water and electric hook up!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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