We were surprised last night. It actually got dark by midnight last night! I guess we are far enough south now.
Fort Nelson is in northeastern British Columbia and is the only sedimentary area producing oil and gas. Spectra Energy Natural Gas Gas Processing plant here is the largest in North America.
We left at 9:03 AM and crossed the Muskwa River Bridge which is the lowest point of the Alcan Highway. The grasses are in seed head stage and the fields are full of golden rod, lavender and fire weed. The dandelion seed heads are blowing all around. The grass on the roadsides are very green and 3 foot tall. I thought we would see some black bears today; but we didn't see even one. Maybe because they are doing some much road repair that the bears are staying away. I can see Queen Anne's Lace, a lavender shade of clover and daisies.
At 2:05 PM we left the Alaska Highway behind us seeing crop fields, bales of hay, green fie;d of forage crops, some bright yellow fields, maybe mustard?, and fields of a blue-green wheat. We stopped at the town of Beaver Lodge and I took a picture of a huge beaver at the cultural center. The beaver was 15 feet tall and the log he is cutting is 19 feet tall.
We are staying at Sherk's RV Park in Valley View. It is in the woods with farm fields all around it. In fact, the owners live in the white farmhouse that we passed on the road into here. Valley View is Canada's northernmost Agricultural Research Station and is the center for grain transportation for cereal grains, wheat, barley and oats. We passed a Reforestation Nursery that produces 11 million of seedlings per year.
We went into the town to eat dinner at the New Old Country Restaurant. They have a special: a huge homemade hamburger and fries for $3.95 Canadian!!! That is an incredible price. They also had an authentic German menu. I ordered Munich style pork loin with gravy, vegetable garnish, green beans and mashed potatoes with rye bread. We shared apple strudel with ice cream and whipped cream sprinkled with nutmeg! Everything was delicious!!! The restaurant had a great atmosphere, a collection of china teapots, a collection of beer coasters, and a huge collection of nutcrackers on a high shelf. No AC; but they really don't need it too much up here. And we passed a Rexall Drug store right across the street!
Daddy drove 435 miles today.
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