Day 15 - Thursday 7/2/26 - Peace River BC to Racing River Bridge, Northern Rockies BC

Today we drove approximately 188 miles from our campspot in Peace River to the Racing River Bridge.  

We stopped at Fort Nelson to get diesel, some more Canadian dollars, and to see the Visitor Center.

The weather was cool and beautiful most of the day, with a storm or two mixed in for good measure.  We crossed Summit Pass - the highest point of the Alaska Highway with breathtaking views of mountains in every direction.  We were so mesmerized that we didn't even take any photos!  We are hoping our rearview mirror dash cam captured plenty of video to add later.

Summit Lake was unbelievably blue and looked so inviting. 

There were signs to look out for all kinds of wildlife - sheep, elk, moose, deer.... and we FINALLY saw a moose!  We also saw two bears, a momma and baby elk - UPDATE - they were caribou, or reindeer!, a herd of buffalo, a white-tailed ptarmigan, and 2 sandhill cranes.  We didn't get photos of the bears, and Becky's poor photo of the moose is terrible, but the elk picture is adorable! 

We crossed several metal bridges that were interesting.

And we of course stopped at the Tetsa River Lodge for some of their famous cinnamon buns.

We are camped out below the bridge along the Racing River.  Dinner tonight is cinnamon buns 😁.

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