River coming into Taylor
The historic mile markers from the original Alaskan highway are found here and there. It's a shame that most of them are gone! We stopped at the historic Kistatinaw Wooden Bridge. It is the original 531ft.curved structure and still in use today, even though we had to go off the road to drive over it.
Kistatinaw Wooden Bridge from original Alcan
Our lunch break was taken at Pink Mountain Buffalo Inn parking lot. It gets it's name from the local foliage, when red barked willows give the mountain a pink color in the morning sun. We all four got our chairs out and began eating outside the motorhomes and it seems we always seem to attract visitors, who are interested in what we are doing and where we are going.
We keep looking for wildlife. They say there are 70,000 moose in B.C.. Unfortunately we saw four today, all had been hit and laying alongside the road. One bear did manage to scurry across the highway, but only Leigh and Herb were able to see him.
We made it to Fort Nelson, Triple G Campground and have a head on view of Hwy 97. Fort Nelson up to 1950 did not have running water or electricity. They were considered pioneer status. The main industry used to be fur trapping, but now it is oil. We are now traveling in the Canadian Rockies and amazingly they look like the Rockies that we are used to.
Kea has had a good trip so far and made a REALLY good friend from San Francisco!
Till our next blog......
Leigh and Marilyn
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