Lesser Slave Lake

We have done the Alaska Hwy from start to finish! Starting at Dawson Creek, BC, going up and around the entire road circuit of Alaska, all around the Yukon, and back to Dawson Creek, we have gone 10,745 kms. Trip of a lifetime, folks. Good thing we started with low mileage on the truck.





Once we hit Alberta, we headed over to Lesser Slave Lake. The town of Slave Lake had been hit by a forest fire this spring. It was sad to see the burned areas. Although they have quickly cleared up any destruction, you can see where whole subdivisions were destroyed. Only a few new houses have been put back up. The downtown area looks like it was mostly spared. The provincial park where we stayed was on the north-east side and not affected at all.

The lake itself is long - 108kms but fairly narrow. When we got there, I took a picture of the sunset over the water, but during the night the wind kicked up and in the morning the waves were huge.

We are now in Edmonton, enjoying the amenities. The truck is clean, although the car wash franchise "Bubbles" that we used had to put it through twice! And we pampered it, with a full fluids and filters change. We had planned on getting new tires, too, but the lack of provincial taxes in Alberta is offset by the high cost of labour, so there was no benefit.

We will spend another day or two here, seeing friends and shopping, before we head off to see Daughter3 for a couple of days. And then there are the joys of seeing northern Manitoba. No sign of snow yet, so I guess we can just keep on going!

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