Burns Lake, BC

Thursday, June 24
Jasper, AB to Burns Lake, BC

New name, same blog.

Jasper, AB
Nice little town in the center of Jasper National Park.














Our B & B, but no breakfast.
We supplied our own Frosted Flakes.















Some groceries, and back on to the road.
Several more hours of mountains, but not quite as high and rugged today.
Crossed into British Columbia.






































We're now on Pacific Time - three hours behind Middlebury.
Next will be Alaska time, four hours behind.

Alberta and British Columbia seem to be a well kept secret.
Beautiful country. Maybe it's because I'm on vacation but the people seem nicer and everything seems a little cleaner up here. Alberta even has a 10 cent deposit on the paper milk cartons. They probably don't really want that many Americans around here mucking up the place.



Came upon Moose Lake. But alas, no moose.
Tally of sightings so far:
Bears: 1
Moose: 0
Mounties: 0
Moose warning signs: 30+

At Prince George, BC we had to decide which way to head north to the Alaskan Highway.
North from there to Dawson Creek area or farther west and up Route 37 to join the Alcan near Watson Lake.
We opted for the more remote route to the west.
Called ahead and reserved a B&B in Burns Lake, BC.
Turns out the couple who owns the house are of Mennonite heritage. He is a Nickel and she was a Wiebe. They say there are plenty of Mennonites in the area including some she described like Amish although we didn't use that word yet. We'll get into it more at breakfast.

At about Kitwanga, BC we will turn north on route 37 on the Cassiar Hwy and eventually join the Alcan near Watson Lake, Yukon Territory. That will be a long and remote trip, but we are promised to see plenty of moose among other things. A couple of people have suggested we diverge over to Stewart, BC and step into the lower pan handle area at Hyder, Alaska, then back to 37 and on north. That's what I would like to do, but we'll see how time permits.

There is a resort at Bell II (which doesn't make the map) half way up to the Yukon that seems to be the only accomodations in the area at that time we pass through there.

We'll see how things go.