7 20 12
Toad River Lodge, BC

Took a later start today as we knew we were not going to be traveling as far.  What a day and am I ever glad we weren't going any further up the road today, although we did stop early.  We were stopped for over 30 minutes in construction waiting for traffic from the other end.  When it was finally our turn, it was with a escort truck in front and gravel and dirt roads for about 15 miles !! 

Thank God I was the second in line as the dust was so bad , that at times I could not even see the truck in front of me.  The gravel was pinging really bad and I stayed back quite a ways from that truck.  Sure would have hated being at the end of the lines.  Crossing the Northern Canadian Rockies was really a white knuckle, hair raising incident.
 The grades were 6 and 7 % !!  They would go on for like over 6.5 miles, however there were several of them..  This was the highest elevation on the Alaska Highway, 4,250 feet.
The scenery is beginning to be really mountainous and very beautiful.  It is all up hill and down hill with lots of curves in the road now. 

Must say I was ready to stop when we got here.  This is only a small campground with a small restaurant .  Everyone stops here as there has been nothing for miles and nothing after here for miles.
Rick got us set up, and today decided since we were only over night we are just going to leave the camper hooked up as all is level.

  This is the scene sitting at our picnic table.

Until tomorrow from Toad River......