The Alaska Highway....Again

03 Aug   Fairbanks to Destruction Bay   442 miles   12 hrs 15mins
This morning we started our journey back to the lower 48. We're going to try to whip thru Canada as fast as we can. The gas prices and RV park prices are pretty expensive so we're planning to spend some nights boondocking.
We stopped at Rika's Roadhouse which is part of Big Delta State Historical Park. There are walking paths and historical structures open to the public. We ate at the Packhouse Restaurant but it was kind of disappointing because there was not much on the menu. I had the crab & corn soup which was very good. Joe had a turkey sandwich which was nothing special.

View of pipeline from Rika's Roadhouse

Rika's Roadhouse

The end of the Alaska Highway

Our next stop was at Delta Junction, which is the end of the Alaska Highway, historical milepost 1422. From here we will work our way back to milepost 0, the start of the Alaska Highway in Dawson Creek.

Joe beating up a mosquito

The price of gas in Canada is real expensive so we filled gas and propane in Tok. The propane was $3.60 per gallon and gas was $4.15 per gallon. Then we filled again at Border City because that's the last gas station in Alaska, it was $4.79 per gallon.

Beautiful scenery along the way

When we crossed the border, the road turned real bad. It went on for over 20 miles so we just took our time and kept driving. We finally stopped to camp on the side of the road at 10:15pm. We have a nice view of Kluane Lake but it's pretty windy.

Boondocking at Kluane Lake

04 Aug     Destruction Bay to somewhere close to Liard Hot Springs  513 miles   16 hrs 35 mins
We got up pretty early and started driving. We got to Whitehorse at about 930am and filled gas. $1.39 per liter, around $5.35 per gallon. Later we stopped for gas again at Watson Lake, $1.45 per liter, $5.58 per gallon. Today was a very long day but we took a 2 hour lunch break, a 3 hour nap, and a couple of other short breaks. I think we were so tired because we didn't sleep too good last night.
We finally found a place to camp on the side of the road at 1030pm. We're pretty close to Liard Hot Springs, about 1 hour away.

This fox crossed right behind us

We saw some wildlife today.....

This grizzly was busy eating berries

Moose eating flowers

Nice scenery along the way

05 Aug     Close to Liard Hot Springs to around Sikanni   340 miles   12 hrs
We slept real good last night. There was another RV parked by us so felt pretty safe. Our first stop was Liard Hot Springs. Was real good to soak our achy bones, we spent about 2 hours there. It cost $5 per person to swim in the hot springs.

We drove to Fort Nelson and filled gas. $1.56 per liter, about $6.05 per gallon.

A herd of bison right alongside the road

We saw a lot of wildlife today.....

This black bear came towards us

Dall Sheep

 and more sheep

more sheep

Nice scenery along Muncho Lake

We drove to about 830pm. Was getting dark and rainy so we found a place to park. Turns out it's at the top of a big hill where truckers stop to check their brakes. So all night, trucks were stopping right alongside us. Was pretty noisy.

06 Aug   Sikanni to Dawson Creek   157 miles   4 hrs 25 mins

Fog on the road as we started our dayWe

We got an early start this morning and there was a lot of fog on the road. We stopped to eat at Shepherd's Inn. We ate here on the way to Alaska and enjoyed it so decided to eat here again. This time it was just okay.
We got to Dawson Creek around 12pm and checked into the Mile 0 RV Park. After 3 nights of boondocking, it's nice to have full hook ups. It's $40.50 with the good sam discount. We went to the Butcher's Block and bought some sausages and canadian bacon.
The car was super dirty from driving the Alaska Highway so we gave it a wash.

Our dirty, dirty car

Tomorrow we head towards the US border on highway 97. Hopefully, we'll be in Washington in the next 3-4 days.