{"id":284,"date":"2016-05-10T05:07:35","date_gmt":"2016-05-10T05:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jwstworldbicycletour.com\/?p=284"},"modified":"2016-05-10T05:07:35","modified_gmt":"2016-05-10T05:07:35","slug":"may-9-dawson-creek-starting-the-alaskan-highway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jwstworldbicycletour.com\/?p=284","title":{"rendered":"May 9, Dawson Creek: Starting the Alaskan Highway"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I am sitting in a campground in Dawson Creek, BC. This is the official start of the Alaskan Highway!<\/div>\n
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We left Grande Prairie two days ago, but had to spend a weather day in Hythe, AB, due to very strong winds and near-freezing rain.<\/div>\n
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While in the campground in Hythe, we met a Frisbee dog (Sam) who played fetch until **I** was exhausted.<\/div>\n
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While in Hythe, I got up at about 3:00 AM and noticed these large pale curtains\u00a0of fire in the northern sky… my first experience of the Northern Lights!<\/div>\n
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The ride into Dawson Creek was uneventful, except for the scenery.<\/div>\n
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I am supposed to pick up a package of replacement tires, but am having a hard time locating them. After this errand has been completed, the next destination is Fort St. John.<\/div>\n
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I do need to add that, thanks to help from Doug Leviton (formerly NASA) and the Boulder Bikesmith, John Stabile, I finally fixed my deraileur! It was actually a very simple fix–but everything is easy when you know the answer. In the end, I had to MacGyver it, as shown in the picture below:<\/div>\n
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Hi everyone, I am sitting in a campground in Dawson Creek, BC. This is the official start of the Alaskan Highway! We left Grande Prairie two days ago, but had to spend a weather day in Hythe, AB, due to very strong winds and near-freezing rain. While in the campground in Hythe, we met a
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