Finding Our Way
We departed Camrose and headed to Wetaskiwin for a few days to unwind before our big family get-together. We passed the beautiful canola fields and headed on to Wetaskiwin. The town is located about 40 miles from Edmonton and has a population of over 12,000 people. The city name comes
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We spent a few weeks camping at Camrose RV Park right in the heart of town. The RV Park has full hookups and a laundry facility and is close to amenities a plenty! And it is close to friends and family. We thought we would give the relatives a chance
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We are heading to Buck Lake! Another place we have not spent much time at. From Valleyview we headed south through Drayton Valley (oil and gas town) along the Cowboy Trail Highway 22 and crossed over the North Saskatchewan River. First Stop…Alder Flats which is just a bit west of
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We headed on to Valleyview to visit friends crossing over the Smokey River and the Little Smokey River and passing the beautiful canola fields in their peak color. On to the farm where we spent a wonderful evening with terrific food, great conversation, and a fun time. Breakfast was just
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The drive east from Dawson Creek, British Columbia to the Alberta border is only about 15 minutes. From there to Spirit River is about another 45 minutes. It was a short drive for us today. Why did we choose Spirit River to stop and stay and tour? Well Norm had
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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
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We woke up early at our campground along Summit Lake after beautiful, clear weather the day before. This morning was smokey with very low visibility! We could barely see across Summit Lake. We knew there was countless wildfires all over the north but it just depends on how the wind
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We departed Liard River Hot Springs Provincial Park in northern British Columbia and headed south on the Alaska Highway ending up wherever. We crossed the 25 meter (94 foot) tall Lower Liard River Suspension Bridge which is one of the six “special” crossings on the Alaska Highway and the only
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Today was the day we were going to try to get into Liard River Hot Springs Provincial Park campground. About half of the sites are reservable and we had tried daily for weeks to get a site but with no luck. We were going to try our luck at first
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It was a short drive from our campground at Big Creek to Watson Lake where we wanted to spend the day hanging our sign, doing some laundry, and also a bit of grocery shopping. We passed by the intersection of Highway 37, The Cassiar Highway, known as Junction 37. We
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