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Summit Lake, BC |
Anchorage, AK |
Daily Narrative
The day began in the warm confines of our Kozy Kamping Cabin in the
Blue Spruce Campground just west of Prince George. We should have
two more nights before Anchorage and neither is likely to have much in
the way of accomodations unless we want to get a motel room.
We've decided a slightly uncomfortable bed with a new car smell in a
beautiful provincial park is far more desirable than a very expensive
room. That said, we enjoyed a couple of good long showers,
repacked the Beetle, uploaded some web pages, and jetted
northward. This day's drive, in particular, takes one through a
lot
of communities that are a curious combination of tourist support and
resource development. Dawson Creek is a few hours from Prince
George and is actually kind of a nice little town, focusing on gassing
you up and agriculture. The next two stops are Fort St. John and
Fort Nelson. Both of these communities are more resource
development oriented, with smelly natural gas seeming to be the primary
product. On the other hand, they both have central boulevards
lined with gas stations, fast food, and lodging. My sense is that
they just don't want you to get too far off that main drag.
Coralling the tourists, more or less. After Fort Nelson, things
become more rustic and the towns and gas stops are entirely AlCan
related. We put in a long day, which is far easier to do in the
Beetle, with Theresa driving the vast majority of it. She seems
to like this car. We settled in for our first night of "car
camping" in the Beetle. Seats fully reclined, it was actually
pretty comfy. For people of our stature.
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