We are travelling north on the Alaska Highway - the reverse of our first trip
We are following the famous road built in 9 months following Pearl Harbour. Much changed in its 75-year history, but it continues to undergo constant improvement, now presumably under pressure to finish before winter. Slide-prone hillsides have been shaved, new gravel beds laid, and now crews are busy smoothing and sealing. We were stopped a half dozen times to wait for a pilot car to lead us through. (the scary warning about dust didn't materialize - the road had just been sprayed with water before we got there.)
The scenery was dull from Fort St John to Buckinghorse Provincial Campground where we stayed. The scenery is mostly industrial with large camps for workers and enormous gas plants along with some farm land now tidied up with round shredded wheats ready for winter.
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| Beginning glimpses of boreal forest and black spruce |
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