Day 5 – Dawson Creek to Hinton
Even early on today’s drive, the day started out much more
promising than the day before.
Within a few minutes, we spotted a moose on the side of the road. Already surpassing yesterdays today
quickly into the trip, everyone’s spirits were up.
Lunch at Grand Cache was another perfect setting for a
picnic. However, the real
excitement began when a large bug was discovered walking on Alex’s leg shortly
after everyone got back in the car..
After letting a wail out that almost caused Greg to drive off the road,
we were able to pull over to the side of the road and remove the bug from the
car. After about 5 minutes of
emotional counseling, Alex regained enough composure to get back in the car and
continue with our travels…although promised that the incident would haunt him
for the rest of his life.
With no excursions planned for the day's 300-mile drive, we
arrived in Hinton relatively early, even with the lost hour due to the time
zone change. We had scouted a
pretty cool skateboard park during our pre-trip planning, and headed over there
to kill some time and let the kids release some energy with their scooters.
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| Ash & Alex testing their skills at the Hinton skate park. |
After about 45 minutes, the kids had enough and the bigger kids were starting
to take over the park, so we decided to pack it up and head to the next item on
our list - Hinton’s famous Beaver Boardwalk. Essentially a Disneyland for beavers, apparently a whole
community of beavers reside at this multi-acre park and build dam after dam
after dam. After yesterday, we were
happy to see any form of wildlife, and it was cool to watch a lone beaver
swimming laps around the pond. We
also learned that this area of the world were serious about their beavers,
having seen a 17-foot beaver statue marking the center of the appropriately
named town, Beaverlodge.
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| If you look closely, there's a beaver swimming there...I promise. |
After dinner, Ash & Alex took advantage of another hotel
pool with a two-story hotel waterslide.
Thankfully, it did the trick, as shortly after returning to the room,
the kids were quick to sleep.
Although a relatively slow day, the scenery on the drive continued to
impress, and we looked forward to tomorrow’s drive as Hinton is situated just a
few miles from the entrance to Jasper National Park.
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| Daisy wanted to watch the movie, too! |
Tomorrow – Calgary
Wildlife sightings:
4 deer
1 moose
1 beaver
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