Dawson Creek Aug 5-6

Other than the smoke, it was another nice drive. Nothing extra special but nice. We got to our next stop and when Pat came out from paying, she had a card for a traveling hair cutter. She gave the lady a call and arranged a time for that afternoon, when she arrived, she said she would give me one as well. Yeah, two birds with one stone, or hair cuts. We did take a short trip around town to scope things out. This is a little bigger town, has a Walmart, still very nice. 

We were sitting outside enjoying the nice weather when it all changed. The wind came up and the sky got dark, I put stuff away and the awning decided to come in, good thing. Then it started, rain, wind, hail, thunder and lightning. It was so loud Pat and I could not hear each other yell. It was deafening, poor Jack was even scared, not like him, went to hide in the closet. I tried to get some pictures but if I opened the door, I was instantly soaked and it was almost impossible to hold it open. Here is a little representation of the storm, it was way worse. You can see the trees bent over and the hail on the ground. At one time we could not see our neighbor that is forty feet from us. I have a short video but I can't get it to load.




Today is still a bit windy but sunny and warm. 

One thing you have to do here is take a picture of mile 0, the start of the Alaska Hwy.

We then went to check out Kiskatinaw Bridge. It is one of the last curved wooden bridges left in North America. The bridge is a three span, timber truss structure built 30 meters above the stream. The bridge was the first of it's kind in Canada, was built in 1942-43 by Dow Construction of Toronto.



The view from the bridge.



Took the long way around to return, got a roast for dinner and fuel for the tank. Tomorrow Grande Prairie, Costco beckons (lol)

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