Kreider Khronicles

So, remember those covid tests we had to take per Canada’s request. Well we tried to get everything scheduled on the site first thing when we woke up. That didn’t work. The site kept showing an error code. So I called the number listed and got everything scheduled. The only problem now was the earliest appointment was 11:20 Pacific Time which for us was 12:20 Mountain time. The kicker was we couldn’t leave our hotel. There was no continuing to drive and stop along the road. We had to be at the hotel. This messed up our plans for the day.

You are probably wondering why we needed covid tests that are required by the government, it is because we aren’t vaccinated. They do it as a precaution even though you need to have a negative test before entering Canada. If we didn’t comply with this requirement we would get in some serious trouble.

To kill the time till our virtual appointment, we went down for breakfast at the hotel, moved our check out time back two hours and watched Love it or List it on HGTV. Finally got our covid test virtual appointment taken care of. Pretty much someone just watched you to make sure you did it correctly. The main difference between this one and the one we took in PA was we had to swap our cheeks and nose. Kinda weird sticking something wet up your nose.

By noon we were able to hit the road for the most part. We had one last stop before leaving Edmonton. We had to drop off our covid tests at a designated location. Thankful it wasn’t far from our hotel or where we got on the highway.

Now we kept driving and driving. Thankfully Northern Alberta isn’t as flat as very other state and provice we have driven through. And just like that we are out of the big hard wood trees. Just birches and pines. Going to miss those big trees. After some time we stop to fuel up at a very nice shell. Also picked up a nice hot dinner this time. No gas station sandwiches tonight. We upgraded to chicken tenders and potato wedges.

We continued to drive through Northern Alberta we pass through several small towns, well technically counties. Grand Prairie was Alberta’s first county. Then there was Beaverlodge Alberta that had a massive Beaver in the center of the town.

Instead of continuing to listen to Spotify, we decided to find some Canadian radio stations. We noticed right away that there is a lot of country stations. Canadain country is very interesting. Most of the songs are about drinking at a bar. As we drove the road became so bumpy that I would try to take a picture of the view and couldn’t. Good luck drinking anything and not spilling all over yourself.

By 7 o’clock we hit British Columbia! Only one provice left to cross into before Alaska. Now we are on Pacific time, so for everyone in PA we are three hours behind. Shortly after crossing into BC we reached Dawson Creek, Mile Zero City Where Adventure Begins. This is where we hit the final highway we drive on. The famous Alaskan highway! As we continued to drive for miles and miles, well technically kilometers since we are in metric the rocky mountains got closer and closer. Hopefully tomorrow we can se more of them.

We continued driving to the town we would stop for the night. Eventually we saw two moose in the distance and plenty of deer in fields and along the road. On the side of road there are lots of small billboards. Mainly to to tell you what is in the town but also to give you important information. Like how from October to April all vehicles are required to have snow tires. Which we do have so don’t worry about that.

A beautiful sunset welcomed us into Fort St. John, where we would be spending the night. Tonight was an early night, we got to our hotel at 7. For eastern time that was 10. Since it was an early night we watched a little TV. This time it was Impractical Jokers. Today wasn’t a big mileage day. In total we drove 428 miles.