We got up from our nice little quiet place at the Walmart in Vegreville. We called ahead to some longtime friends that we had met through some camping groups way back on Yahoo groups. We have been in contact all these years, probably around 20 years or so. Although we never met face-to-face, we You know a lot of the same people that we have met over the years. We also had a lot of like interests such as RVing, dogs, and quilting.
We drove on into Edmonton and made our way through the crazy city traffic. We really aren't much for driving in the city, that's for sure. We easily found their apartment with the GPS.
Ida and Jacque no longer RV, but they enjoy watching our adventures on our blog and now on our YouTube's.
We set up a little picnic lunch out on the table underneath the big trees of their apartment complex.
We had a nice lunch, and Ida fed a bit of her sandwich to the sassy little magpie that hangs out by her window.
We kept hearing the warning alarm going off on Jack's mobility scooter parked nearby. We knew the wind was blowing but we didn't think it was that strong to set off the alarm? Guess what? Ida discovered that it was the magpies mimicking the sounds of the alarm! That's what was making that sound!
We enjoyed spending some time with Ida's little dog Pepper, and also Angel and Betty, two doggies that she babysits for during the day while their owners are at work.
We talked about this and that, RV people we know who have come and gone, our dogs, and quilting of course.
Ida send me on my way with some bundles of beautiful fabric squares, some sewing notions, and some cones of thread. Who knows what I will make with it? Stashed it away in the motorhome until we get back home 4 months later.
Upon looking at the map, we are now about halfway to Alaska!
Kind of halfway to the middle of Alaska like Anchorage area. It's really exciting to know that we've come this far in just 7 days.
Once we get past some of this flat land into where things are a little more scenic, we will slow down and maybe take a couple days in each area to explore. Right now we'd like to just get some miles past and reach Dawson Creek. That is milepost zero of the Alcan highway.
While we were enjoying the drive further Northeast, we were talking about our expectations and considerations while traveling. We will take our time and enjoy ourselves --- because this may be the one and only time we are in Alaska?
We fueled up right before pulling into the campground at Fox Creek. We are getting better mileage now 13.5 even though it was still quite windy. We're still only paying $1.39 a liter which comes out to about $3.84 US gallon.
This was the most interesting way to pay for a campground?!?! The lady down at the Fox Creek municipal building has to text you this photo below. Then you fill in the photo with your graphic program whatever you have on your phone and type in the right words. Then you text it back to her along with a photo of your license plate. She will then call you on the phone and take your credit card number to pay for the campsite!!!
After we were all checked in, we decided to make up some supper. I did a cute step-by-step on my YouTube video that goes along with this blog. The link will be at the end.
Spaghetti and meatballs and garlic bread sticks. Plus a glass of wine. Even if you're traveling, you can have good home-cooked meals. We don't rely on fast food. And we don't want just burgers and hot dogs either.
After dinner, we took Little Nickydoodle for a walk around the campground. We found a gateway leading down to a small brook and a foot bridge. We didn't have our bear spray with us, so we didn't want to go much further.
It was really pretty and we like seeing the new green stuff budding out on all of the branches of the shrubs around the little creek.
The trees are all still pretty tall in this part of British Columbia. I know once we get north, they will get shorter and shorter.
I don't know what these are, they look like great big green fuzzy pussy willows? But they really weren't.
We stood for a while on the footbridge and listened to the little babbling brook. It was very pleasant to just relax in the woods for a little bit, after so many days of travel.
As the sun was going down, we curled up back into our nice cozy camper. The Starlink was working just fine up in the skylight, even though we were in a wooded area. It must find just enough of the right sky up above to zoom in on the satellites. We watched some YouTube shows and then put on our jammies and went to bed.
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The plant could be a type of willow.
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