959 June 17, 2023 Rolling Road
This morning was cool and sunny and perfect for walking. I walked to the highway and then to the river. I didn’t walk into the wilderness by myself…only a short nature trail in the campground.
We wrapped the Jeep with a windshield cover. Last time we travelled here, we had a lot of chips and then a crack. Maybe this time we can avoid having to replace the glass.
We drove over the Peace River. This metal grate bridge is the longest water span on the Alaska Highway.
This gas pipeline crosses the river here as well.
We passed through Fort St. John where we spent another $200.00 on fuel. Tim found a small farmstand and bought some excellent “real” strawberries.
We passed through a couple of fire ravaged areas.
We passed miles and miles of Conoco Phillips oil harvesting operations and all the housing and infrastructure to support the industry.
Our phone did issue a message: Wildfire warning affected area ahead; proceed with caution. We saw no evidence of fire or smoke. We did see a couple of helicopters carrying buckets.
We passed the Sikanni River RV Park. On June 14, 2018, we met Lee and Claudia in this campground. They have become great friends to us in the intervening years. They are already here in Alaska and we are going to find a way to connect somewhere along the road!
Our ride today looked like this:
We arrived at the Triple G Hideaway RV Park in late afternoon. Tim took a walk and a tour of Fort Nelson Heritage Museum.
I took a short walk and browsed the gift shop.
We decided to have dinner at the campground restaurant. The food was surprisingly good!
Bar stool.
It is our plan to camp at Summit Lake tomorrow. There will be no internet service there and so we will catch up the blog when we can.
