We woke up in Sikanni Chief to a much less smokey day. Time to hit the road and head south to Dawson Creek, our next destination. The sky was pretty much smoke free and there was very little traffic. Ahh…
As we drove further south both the wilderness and the scenery began to change. This was the first day in quite some time that we felt like we were really back in civilization and in traffic. We started seeing more and more commercial trucks, businesses along the road, etc. Uh oh…we are back! We passed through Fort St. John and Taylor (Peace River) and the sign for the Old Alaska Highway Historic Bridge. This bridge was built in 1942-42 during the construction of the Alaska Highway. The bridge needed to bend 9 degrees so it has a curve in it. It is located in the Kiskatinaw Park and referred to as the Old Kiskatinaw Bridge.
Then we started seeing agricultural lands with farm fields and open land. Quite a stark contrast from our past few months of travel. We are back in farm country!!
It wasn’t long before we entered into Dawson Creek. Guess where our first stop is!!
We stopped by the Mile 0 Sign for a photo op!
On to Northern Lights for the evening. This RV park is a few miles west of town up on top of a hill with great views all around. It is a common stop over for rallies/caravan tours.
RV Park: Northern Lights RV Park
Location: Dawson Creek, British Columbia
Site: 30 (pull-thru)
Cost: $56.70 (CAD)
Services: FHU
Comments: A nice RV park with easy access from Dawson Creek. It was well maintained and the staff is a lot of fun! The laundry room, showers, and restrooms were spotless. AND the park is on top of a hill with quite a breeze! It helps because you won’t have many insects but you may struggle to keep your BBQ on. But we had wind protectors (fences) between sites! Not all sites do.
An Airstream 63-night “North To Alaska” caravan was starting the following day from this RV park so the Airstreams were rolling in!!
A nice RV park and a great end to the Alaska Highway.
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