Dawson Creek

Cora’s breakfast

We head out to “Cora Breakfast and Lunch”, a top rated breakfast spot in Grande Prairie. They lived up to the rating, excellent breakfast, just too many great options to pick from.  We try a couple different places to get our propane filled. This RV has a built-in 6 gallon tank that we used for the stove top, hot water heater and hot air furnace.  The furnace has probably used the majority of the propane.

RV is getting pretty dirty, good the bike is coverd

After we run around to a number of stores looking for odds and ends on our list, we leave for Dawson Creek, just 1-½ hours away or ½ hour if you include passing into the Pacific time zone.  We stop at the visitor center and take our pictures at the famous Alaska Highway sign like every first time Alaska bound tourist.

Mile 0, we are just getting started

ALCAN history

https://dot.alaska.gov/nreg/akhwy75/akhwy75.shtml

We stay at the Mile Zero Camp ground and have a relaxing late afternoon. Even though we are on the eastern side of the next time zone the sun still seems to set nearly as late as yesterday.  I guess traveling north obviously doesn’t help. The sunset tonight at 9:40PM. Not as bad as Fairbanks, sunset today is 12:40 AM and sunrise is 3:08 AM so it does not get dark, just twilight.  We have insulated blackout shades for all the windows, so we can make it pretty dark inside.  Just need to pay attention to the time and go to bed at a decent hour.

Mile Zero Camp Ground

9:40 PM sunset

I installed a new radio with SiriusXM before we left, but did not switch my account from our car home over to the RV.  We have been listening to SiriusXM via Cell, which we will have a lot less of for the next few weeks. I am getting frustrated that using the Satellite antenna, in the last day or two we are getting continuous interruptions on all stations.  I assume I have a loose connection and pull the radio out this evening to check, a big PITA.  I don’t see any problems with the connections.  So I search on the range for SiriusXM and learn you can not get it in Alaska and northern Canada. We are more the ½ way north through BC, the limit of the range, Shit !