Alberta bound

OVC. Snowing. Temp -15C. Wind NW 15-20 km/h.

After a delicious breakfast at the Mackenzie Rest Inn where we met a fellow Edmontonian (Ken) up here working installing telecoms, we set out for Ft. Liard at 0815. Blowing snow with a tail wind saw us at the junction of Hwy 1 and Hwy 22 but with last night's fresh snow and no plow to greet us, we decided to leave this part of the trip for another time. It's 224 km down the road to Ft. Liard and would not have been worth plowing our own snow.

So we reversed course, put the sun (seen through the mirk) at our 12 O'clock and proceeded to break out the Simpsons trivia for the next leg into Enterprise. It was slow going on the snow covered roads, the bulk of which are mixed gravel and asphalt. After the obligatory fuel stop, it was lunch time. Lunch is getting to be a rather lame affair of Flaky Pilot Biscuits (love that name!) with cheese and the always plentiful chocolate covered granola bars. The ravens still liked their chances though. 

We haven't had a chance to replenish the supplies as we've been rolling into town too late for the Northern Store re-supply. 

At 2 pm we were stopped for 2 1/2 hours 42 km South of Enterprise due to an accident. The remaining stretch into High Level was unpleasant due to blowing snow and lots of semi traffic.

Glad to be done for the day as we fade into the Mirage.

Not much photogenic today, save for the raven and the last photo showing some of todays better road conditions.  Here are some more photos from yesterday.

Looking out over the frozen Mcknz (Tulita)

Access Rd to the wells (Norman Wells)

Stepping out onto the ice (Tulita)

Keeping the sun at our 12 O'clock (Tulita)

Peak N of Tulita

Junction to Delina / Wrigley

Quoth the raven "Nevermore"

Heading for Enterprise