June 8th
Yesterday we made it as far as Fort Nelson, 370 km. We made it in good time, leaving Charlie Lake (the Junction) at 9:30 and arrived in Fort Nelson at 3:00. FN is a bustling little town of about 5000, 50 years ago it was a fur trading community with no electricity or town water. The trip was through gentle rolling foothills with plenty of carnage- big game roadkill and rolled cars. The weather was very pleasant with sunny skies by the afternoon and into the evening. On our trip we saw a Grey Timber Wolf walking along the side of the road, he was a bit skittish and we were not able to get a picture of hime. We toured the local museum in the afternoon and had a pub supper at the campground where we are staying the night. We are far enough north now that we are getting very long days, the sun doesn't set until about 11 and is up before 4 and in between it is twillight, never dark. Today we hope to stay at Muncho Lake a provincial campground.