THE ALASKAN ADVENTURE Day 115 ( The last day ) September 8, 2009 Fort Nelson to Dawson Creek, BC

Day 115 didn’t start all that well as there was no hot water for our showers. Not sure what was wrong with the parks water and we didn’t stick around to find out. We quickly, very quickly showered and hit the road.

Our destination today is Dawson Creek and the drive was quite pleasant. The rain had stopped for the most part and traffic was quite light. We did have a couple of delays due to construction but nothing major. We had traveled this highway in the spring and so we just enjoyed revisiting it. Of course we had to take a couple of pictures.

Later in the afternoon we came to Fort St. John, it is 40 miles northwest of Dawson Creek. In passing through Fort St. John the trucks SPS (Starbucks Positioning System) kicked in and we had to make a quick stop. We were both going through withdrawl as it has been 12 days since the last fix.

Once we left Fort St. John we crossed over the Peace River and then climbed out of the Peace River Valley. I just had to stop and take a picture and hoped the camera captured the magnitude of what we were seeing.

Shortly after leaving the Valley we came to and crossed the Kiskatinaw River. When viewing the vista from the bridge we just had to stop. Kathy walked back and got a couple of pictures. It was pretty awesome.

It was only a short time later that we came to Dawson Creek.

We headed down to the centre of town to the Mile 0 Post and subsequently the end of this chapter of our travels. The Alaskan Adventure has finished, we have come full circle. It took 115 days, 8500 miles and 2500 pictures but the circle is complete.

The only way to describe what we saw, what we did, what we experienced on this adventure is to say it was specnomenal.

However, this is not the end. The next leg of our travels is called “ Relatives, Rites and Routes” and will be coming your way soon. Stay tuned.