Nice breeze, low 70s, sunshine, good friendly people interacting with each other.  One couple is from central Florida and another long distance traveler is a friendly couple from Maine.

The first 1/2 of the day the road to Dawson Creek was bumpy but it transitioned to much better after Grand Cache, or about the second 1/2 of the drive.  Drove about 120 miles today to Dawson Creek.

We stopped at the Currie Dinosaur Musuem about 12 miles west of Grand Prairie around 10AM.  Not as expansive and impressive as the Tyrrell in Drumheller, but still interesting.  Lots of dino footprint exhibits – over 10,000 dinosaur footprints have been found in the vicinity of Grand Cache, south of here. There was an especially interesting and informative video interactive display of plate tectonics over the last 500 million years.  

I could have spent an hour turning the dial of the interactive display and watching the continents move across the face of the earth over millions, tens of millions and hundreds of millions of years with each spin of the dial.  Forwards, backwards, then forwards and again backwards I spun the dial.  I had initially missed the exhibit, but luckily Karen showed it to me almost as we were leaving.

Of special interest was the movement northward of the Indian subcontinent from next to Madagascar off the coast of east Africa up and into the Asian plate, and the subsequent creation of the Himalayan Mountains, as  India, Nepal and Bhutan are squeezed against Tibet.

I attended a group social get together at 3 PM with the other trek participants.  It was noisy and a bit raucous for my liking, but I endured.  I am sure others felt the same way. 

An employee of the Dawson Creek Tourist Bureau presented a slide show on the history of Dawson Creek, the Alaska Highway, the old city buildings that were moved, the railroad, etc.  Dawson Creek has about 23,000 full time residents.

After that,  cocktail hour and dinner.  Allen again brought over oysters to BBQ, and again, they were delicious.

Karri’s brother Fred and his wife Lisa joined us at the table and in addition to BBQ oysters, there were two salads, two rice dishes, King Salmon, grilled corn on the cob, Steelhead, pork chops and hamburgers on the table.  And some liquor.  No pictures of the feast tonight.