Dawson Creek

Day 3 took us from Hixon, BC through Prince George to Dawson Creek. The official beginning of, and "Mile 0" on the Alaskan Highway. On the trip today, we saw a sow bear and two cubs, several deer, and three moose. Unfortunately, no picture of the bears or cow and calf moose. We were moving too fast with vehicles following us, and no shoulder with the bears, and too far away running into the brush for the moose and calf. However, the bull moose standing on the shoulder, I got. Well, I got his ass anyways. As we approached and began slowing down in the "urban attack vehicle" (You "Stripes" fans know what I'm talking about), he turned and headed for the pucker brush. The Canadian Rockies were beautiful, and we stopped for a walking break and pictures.We are now on the east side of the Rockies and it shows. I hadn't really thought much about that and was surprised by how much the landscape looks like eastern Colorado or western Kansas. Rolling hills with We are now in the Mountain Time Zone for a day or two before heading northwest toward the Yukon Territories.