Grand Prairie, Alberta

After leaving Whitecourt we had a short drive of 173km. to Valley View a nondescipt sort of place, motels, gas stations and not much else excepting a great camping a couple of ks. down a dirt road. We thought of staying here 2 nights, we evan had wifi, but on checking our emails found we had one from our friend PM in Ottawa telling us some mail would be arriving at the UPS depot in Grand Prairie on Thursday morning. So Wednesday morning we unplugged and drove the 120kms. to GP.

 

As you can see we had a cloudy morning but they soon lifted and by the time we reached GP. we were in bright sunshine.

 

We are in the Rotary Club camping in the centre of GP. that little footbridge crosses Bear Creek which runs into reservoir which is surrounded by a park. The park runs through the centre of town, very picturesque.

 

We have stayed an extra night here, doing some shopping and getting ready for the hop over to British Columbia, tomorrow we go to Dawsons Creek and mile 1 of the Alaska Highway. Another stage of our big adventure. Lots of trailers and motor homes here at the camping, either just arrived from Alaska or like us about to set off.  I have spent most of the afternoon washing the trailer and truck and watching all these campers arrive from the north all dusty and dirty, well at least we will be setting out clean.

 

I wonder if these will be the only bears we see on this trip? Last time we were in BC we watched a mother bear and youngster cross the road, the traffic stopped to let them cross, I think they have the 

right of way.

 

Last photo of Muskoseepi Park, Grand Prairie