Today was one of the best days on the road yet despite the late start. We left Edmonton just before 11 am and got into Dawson Creek about 4:30 which includes gaining another hour with a time zone. It was a bright sunny day around 60 and stayed in the mid 60's. Toms bike ran flawlessly today. This stretch of road is similar to what we've seen for the last 2500 miles which is farm land. The main crop seems to be Canola as its well over half of what we see and we've probably seen a million acres planted. We took 16 (the TCH) out of Edmonton onto 43 North which gets you to Dawson Creek and then tomorrow we start the AlCan. I can't remember if I said this but the Canadian roads have been superb the whole way so far. Very rarely is there a poor road surface and very little in any one spot. The patches here are visual only you can't feel them. Pretty amazing isn't it. We keep hearing horror stories of what lies ahead but so far the roads are great. Dawson Creek is the gateway to Alaska and Mile O of the AlCan highway as seen in today's pic.
Update on Wildlife - None today but on last Saturday from Banff to Jasper we saw a black bear and elk and 3 packs of mountain sheep/goats walking in the road! That's all today as it's an early start tomorrow because we're not sure what type of speed well have from here on out as it's only 2 lane from here and we need to cover some ground in the next 5 days.
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