Our Drive to Pink Mountain. No.. We'll Spend the Night in Fort Nelson, British Columbia, Canada

Eric mapped out our trip complete with stopping points for each night.  Today's drive is to Pink Mountain.

Another beautiful day for
driving the Alaska Highway.

Kiskatinaw Curved Bridge

is the only wooden bridge

constructed for the Alaska

Highway that's still in use.

A curved bridge doesn't sound like a big deal, but this bridge is made of wood.

We check the sign to make
sure we are not overweight
for the bridge.

This is the longest wooden

bridge I've ever crossed...

534 feet in length

Unfortunately, the Historic
Kiskatinaw Curved Bridge
sign has been defaced.

We were stopped for construction

just outside of Fort St. John.

Eric gave the flagger a cold
 can of soda.

We followed a construction 

truck through the work area.

I recommend budgeting some time for Fort St. John.  They have a nice walking tour of the historic downtown.

Smokey the Bear is hard

at work in Canada.

We arrived in British Columbia
after mandatory snow tire
or chain season.

A deer grazes at the side of

the road & ignores the traffic.

A thirty foot tall lumberjack

stands by, waiting for something....

Shepard's Inn has a good

write up in The Milepost Guide.

Let's try some local food. 

A map shows how steep

sections of this long 

downward slope is. 

We are stopping at Bucking Horse

River Lodge for the night.

Food, souvenirs, gas &
propane are available here.






Eric put up our DirecTV satellite dish and could't find any satellites for television viewing.  This site will not do for our overnight stay. Onward to Fort Nelson!

Our fist glimpse of the

Canadian Rockies.

We stop to investigate these

wooden tripods that are seen

regularly along BC Route 97.

This is a Survey Post.

We arrive at the start of 

the infamous Suicide Hill. 

A decorated  Christmas Tree

graces the roadside.

We enter the Fort Nelson
Forest District.

This is a bus stop for

local children.

A Canadian Flag sits
roadside...

...next to the British Columbia

Provincial Flag

Fort Nelson has 

an airport.







We are spending the night in the IGA parking lot.  Eric selected this sight from the database at OverninghtRVParking.comwwww.overnightrvparking.com/.