We departed Dawson Creek and headed up the Alaskan Highway. The area fires have made it occasionally a bit smoky but it wasn’t too bad. This part of the highway goes through very remote areas, often a hundred miles between gas stations . We stopped at a store with 2 gas pumps, the place was off grid running on a noisy generator in the back yard. Gas was almost $7 a gallon. .
We drove through ever increasing smoke to our planned stop at a Provincial (State) Park. We’d been told of potential road closures but locals said don’t worry about it. Arriving at our park, the place was empty, deserted. The self checkin area had these posted warning. We were in an evacuation zone and in danger, we left. We discussed turning back but locals again said don’t worry about it so I voted to head on . We soon entered the forest fire sending choking smoke across the road, visibility down to 100 yards, it lasted for several miles. We then came out into clear blue skies, whew !! We’re spending the night in Fort Nelson, huddled together with other RVs waiting the opening of the Alaskan Highway. Apparently the fire has crossed the road forcing closure. It’s been quite a day.
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