Traveling through Canada

As you may have noticed, I haven't updated the blog in a while. Since we were traveling in Canada it was hard to get Internet to do the blog. I have updated the campsites and the states/provinces on the side bar.

After we left Ten Mile Lake we headed to Mackenzie, British Columbia. It is off the main road about 20 miles. It is advertised as an adventure town. The municipal campground was free for two nights.

 Once we arrived and got set up, it was time to explore the area. First we drove to view the largest tree crusher! It was made in Louisiana and shipped on 6 railroad cars to Mackenzie. There was a reservoir being built in the 1960s and they wanted to clear the trees before the reservoir was filled. The first few months after its arrival, it didn't work, but from August until November, it cleared over 2200 acres of trees!

 Our next stop was Lake Morfee to pick up a few geocaches. Not long after this picture was taken, I spotted a snake! I thought we were too far north for snakes, but not yet.

 That afternoon, Bob and I walked around town to get some geocaches. We found a few to add to our numbers.

The next day we planned to hike the trail around Gantahaz Lake, but once we arrived we found the trail closed due to dangerous trees. Time to go check out the Hydro Campground on Williston Lake--billed as the largest reservoir in North America. It was a nice campground on the lake, but only one camper was staying there.

After two days in Mackenzie, it was time to move on to Chetwynd--home of an annual chainsaw carving contest. Bob and I stopped on the way to check out Bijoux Falls.

Then we made another stop at Azouzetta Lake.

 As you can see there was still plenty of snow on the mountains at the higher elevations.

When we made it to Chetwynd, Larry and Connie had already found a spot to boondock in a public lot next to a Chinese restaurant. Chetwynd has several public lots where camping is allowed for 48 hours. We pulled in next to them and after eating lunch, we took a tour of the town. 

 There are over 146 carvings on display throughout the town.

 Twelve carvers from all over the world participate.

 We missed this year's contest by a few weeks. It is held the second week in June.

We enjoyed our time in Chetwynd, but we were getting closer to Dawson Creek--Mile 0 of the Alaskan Highway!