(Trying to get caught up.....got a little behind as you can see)
Had to drive slower to Ft Nelson due to the donut being on the car. Saw two caribou today. No luck
finding tires here. Too expensive for call-out for tire here (Sunday). Found one at junk yard, but rim would not go on car. Checked into campground, ate at campground restaurant. Nice campground, good size lots, with satellite TV. Went to a great small museum in Town.
Ft Nelson Campground
8-22-2011 Tire and rim shopping did not go well. Left for Ft St John.
8-22-2011 To Ft St John, BC ...scenery definitely different than Alaska, but still beautiful!
Spent night in Wal-Mart. No luck with tire yet, but Manager of Kal Tire found one for us, and more reasonable than at his own place even. Nice nice guy for sure!!!
8-23-2011 To Whitecourt
Spent the night in a truck stop :(
8-24-2011 Parked in a restaurant parking lot in Lanigan. Actually a nice family diner that apparently some truckers park in overnight also. The restaurant was very reasonable (for a change).
8-25-2011 Awoke to one other trucker in lot this morning. Nice fresh coffee from rest. :) The tale goes on about the same as above. Drove through, and slept in, the parts of Canada we had not covered before. Once we passed Yukon and BC, it was a lot like driving through the US Midwest....plains and more plains, wind and more wind. Canada is beautiful tho and am glad we went through it.
Our Border city was International Falls, MN, so we stopped short of that in Canada, at Fort Frances, which happens to be where Al's mom was born. Stayed in City Campground, nice, open and with great water views. It was really neat to be driving around where Al's mom was from!!! Loved Fort Francis.
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