This Canadian $6 per gallon diesel is killing us:
Heading South from Fort Nelson, we stopped in the town of Taylor to spectate a sand sculpture contest in progress:
The sand is packed into a wedding cake-like arrangement of forms. The artist then sculpts the tightly packed sand, removing levels of forms as he or she goes:
I don’t know why we do this, but they are funny:
Continuing South, we diverted off the AlCan to drive a section of the original Alaska Highway that crosses the original World War II era Kiskatinaw Bridge, the only curved and banked wooden trestle bridge in Western Canada:
We arrived in Dawson Creek in the afternoon. Dawson Creek is “Mile Zero” of the Alaska Highway. Most folks start here, but for us this is the end of the AlCan:
The old grain silo is now an art gallery:
The vistor center has a history museum and a natural history museum in it:
Gotta love the R/C float plane:
Tonight we are overnighting at the Walmart of Dawson Creek, BC. See the trip map for details.