Our next stop was Dawson Creek, BC. This is where it gets confusing because, although it is the start of the Alaska Highway, we don't get to Alaska for another 1200+ miles. For those of you who don't know, the Alaska Highway was built in about 10 months, mostly by American GIs in 1942 after we entered WWII. It was built to get troops and supplies to Alaska. Tradition has it that everyone gets their picture taken at "Milepost 0" so that is what the group did. While in Dawson Creek we also visited a game farm and had a dinner prepared by the owners. The dinner was excellent and consisted of sweet and sour wild boar, elk steak in gravy and bison chili as well as several salads and some really great desserts. After dinner we walked around the farm (in mud) to see the animals. We were told that the area has had the rainiest spring and summer in about 100 years.
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| THE GROUP |
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| US, FRED AND MARIE |
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| NAN IN FRONT OF MILE POST ZERO |
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| BEN AND JAN INFRONT OF THE ORIGINAL 0 MILEPOST |
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| CANOLA FIELD |
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| HOTEL ALASKA |
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| SAW THIS GUY ON THE SIE OF THE ROAD BEFORE WE GOT TO DAWSON CREEK |
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| WAITING FOR THE BUS TO THE GAME FARM |
THE BELOW PICTURES ARE ALL FROM THE GAME FARM
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| REINDEER |
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| ELK |
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| FEMALE ELK |
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| MUSKOX |
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