Country Roads RV Park Grande Prairie, Alberta Canada

Mileage:  41,681

The only road from Grande Cache to Grande Prairie is a truck route.  It is curvy, hilly, and has occasional sudden dips and rough road.    The sign at the beginning of the route says “No services for 184 km.”  The road runs parallel to the railroad and the  Smoky River for quite some time.   Large birch stands and conifers line Route 40.   It is flanked by mountains on either side.

The area is rich in natural resources and therefore the trucks and lots of heavy machinery.  We passed a coal mining operation, oil and gas refineries, gravel pits, logging companies and lumber mills.  We also passed great swaths of felled trees and naked land.  For the time that I tried to keep track, there was 1 car or RV for every 10 trucks.  We did see a couple of mule deer and a baby black bear cub.

We had finished our errands yesterday and so today we made our way to Muskoseepi Park to ride our bicycles.  The bike path runs along a creek.  It was nice to get out and move!

We spent the rest of the day making reservations for Anchorage and Denali.  We won’t be there for a long time yet but we wanted to be sure to have plans in place because Kyle is coming to join us July 13th and we want him to see as much as he can while he is with us.

Tomorrow we drive to Dawson Creek and we look forward to continuing our adventure on the Alaska Highway.