Through the night

The drive was full of wild life. Just amazing creatures and views. WE saw them all...bears, moose, elk, goats, deer, birds...you name it we saw it. One particular bear was on the road...feet from our car. I told Anna to grab my camera and snap away. You could see his boogers. We went back to check the shots on the playback, well...no memory card. So we backed up quickly, loaded it and snapped some more. to bad I didnt listen to my wife and check everything out before hand...would have had some nice portraits. Oh well, enjoy some of the other wildlife we spotted on our way.

We then hit Lake watson, or is it Watson Lake? this was an interesting point in our trip. Canada decides to close all gas stations at 8pm. No doubt so you have to get a hotel. We, were able to fill up but the next town with 24 hour pumps was 320 miles away. Through passes, creature filled roads, around lakes, and into the night. We were averaging about 340 miles a tank of gas because of our weight. We knew there would be no more fill ups for 320 miles. However, kids were asleep, we were awake...we pressed on. Setting cruise at 60mph to conserve gas, putting it in nuetral down hills, and praying for good mileage. God provided. At 0400 we pulled into Fort Nelson, filled up, and continued on towards Edmonton. We drove almost 20 straight hours through the night to get to edmonton. Over three hours of that drive was at night, with bison, moose, elk, and countless deer linning the road. We crept through the canadian rockies and made it to the plains just as the sun was rising. No problems, no issues, and arrived into Edmunton where we would spend our first couple of days of vacation. So from Tok, Alaska to Edmunton, Alberta...we never stopped, ate ketchup chips, drank lots of coffee, paid over 6 dollars a gallon of gas at some spots, pee'd on the side of the road, and grew even closer as a family. Oh, and continued to answer, "Are we there yet?" Wow, we are crazy, but it was fun.