Alaska Trip - Day 4

I slept well last night. I’m glad we decided to stay at the motel, even though there was a mysterious stain on my sheet. At least there were no found insects inside the room! I even shaved this morning at the motel...that could be the last time I shave this entire trip.

Refreshed, we left Lloydminster, Alberta/Sasketchawan this morning around 10:30 local time. It was a fairly hilly drive to Edmonton.

Edmonton is a pretty big city, much like Kansas City, and so the traffic we encountered wasn’t surprising, but what was surprising was how crowded the West Edmonton Mall was. Being a Monday, we expected to easily find a parking spot, but we were very wrong. North America’s largest mall didn’t seem that large, but it did have a cool theme park inside.

After spending an hour so at the mall, we left for Dawson Creek, British Columbia. It began pouring down rain. Looking at the forecast, I think we can expect a lot of rain over the next couple days.

We finally saw the edge of the Canadian Rockies and saw some scenery, but even around Grand Prairie there was, well, um…just grand prairie.
At least the rain went away. Soon we entered British Columbia and another new time zone.

Another observation about Canada:
Any time Canadians refer to the United States, they simply call it “The States.” Three different locals here have asked “You from the States?” after I spoke to them.

We just arrived to Dawson Creek (no, not the TV show filming location) and parked in an RV park. The office is closed, so we just found a spot and parked and now are using their wi-fi . We’ll try to sleep in the Rav4 tonight. Wish us luck. Also, this is where the Alaskan Highway officially begins, so this is one of the largest RV hubs I’ve ever seen.

We have traveled over 2,000 miles so far.