A short update, as I’m about to fall asleep.

Great day today… Drove 14 hours, almost 800 miles, total time on the road was 15.25 hours. We went from just outside Calgary, Alberta to Fort Nelson, British Columbia. We were in Canada about half the day yesterday, all day today, all day tomorrow and will be a little over half the day on Friday.

Saw several more elk ranches today, a cow moose and some coyotes. Highlight was a 325 # black bear eating on the side of the road about 30 miles south of Fort Nelson, BC. There was no one around so we pulled over into the southbound lane and got to within 15′ of him. He started to turn and walk away, but i called him back. He was BEAUTIFUL. Big and round, and the fur was just amazingly thick and unblemished. It was too dark to get any good pictures, but we did try a few…

Weather was rainy most of the day and a bit windy at times. Temp says it is 50 out, but there is a bit of a bite in the air and you can see your breath.

Tomorrow will be a much easier drive. We had a lot of tough grades to pull today – definitely the worse day for mileage.

Picture page:

http://www.the1buba.com/photo/alaska-with-the-family-day-3/