{"id":1570,"date":"2017-07-24T23:46:23","date_gmt":"2017-07-25T03:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/?p=1570"},"modified":"2017-07-24T23:46:23","modified_gmt":"2017-07-25T03:46:23","slug":"alaska-highway-day-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/?p=1570","title":{"rendered":"Alaska Highway &#8211; Day 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today was another all-driving day as I took the first step along the Alaska Highway from Mile Zero at Dawson Creek, BC to Fort Nelson, BC. This section is not designated as scenic and there was nothing spectacular to see but, for much of\u00a0 the first 240 miles, it was very pleasant with numerous hills and valleys and some distant mountain views. I deviated from the highway twice, once for historical interest and once for a scenic view.<\/p>\n<p>The first side trip was along a short section of the original Alaska Highway that crosses the historic <em>Kiskatinaw Bridge<\/em>. This wooden bridge was built in 1942\/43 and is the only original highway bridge that is still in use. It is unusual in that it is a curved bridge and was the first of its kind built in Canada.<\/p>\n<p>The second stop was at a viewpoint in Fort St. John which has an expansive view of the <em>Peace River<\/em> valley.<\/p>\n<p>To see where all these places are, check out the map and video page <a href=\"\/Tripmapper\/Mapview2.aspx?DataFile=Alaska\/2017_07_24_Fort_Nelson&amp;Video=rp6qfCYX_hc\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I am pretty sure I will not have Internet access tomorrow night so look for an update on stages two and three on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The Mile Zero sign for the current Alaska Highway.<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1574\" src=\"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Alaska-Highway-Mile-0.jpg\" alt=\"Alaska Highway Mile 0\" width=\"760\" height=\"1013\" srcset=\"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Alaska-Highway-Mile-0.jpg 760w, http:\/\/relativerest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Alaska-Highway-Mile-0-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The only original Alaska Highway bridge still in use.<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1573\" src=\"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Alaska-Highway-Curved-Bridge-1.jpg\" alt=\"Alaska Highway Curved Bridge 1\" width=\"760\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Alaska-Highway-Curved-Bridge-1.jpg 760w, http:\/\/relativerest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Alaska-Highway-Curved-Bridge-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1572\" src=\"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Alaska-Highway-Curved-Bridge-2g.jpg\" alt=\"Alaska Highway Curved Bridge 2g\" width=\"760\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Alaska-Highway-Curved-Bridge-2g.jpg 760w, http:\/\/relativerest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Alaska-Highway-Curved-Bridge-2g-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><br \/>\nJust a part of the view of the Peace River valley visible from the viewpoint in Fort St. John<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1571\" src=\"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Alaska-Highway-Peace-River-Valley.jpg\" alt=\"Alaska Highway Peace River Valley\" width=\"760\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Alaska-Highway-Peace-River-Valley.jpg 760w, http:\/\/relativerest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Alaska-Highway-Peace-River-Valley-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today was another all-driving day as I took the first step along the Alaska Highway from Mile Zero at Dawson Creek, BC to Fort Nelson, BC. This section is not designated as scenic and there was nothing spectacular to see but, for much of\u00a0 the first 240 miles, it was very pleasant with numerous hills &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/?p=1570\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Alaska Highway &#8211; Day 1<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[70,3],"tags":[73],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1570"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1570"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1577,"href":"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1570\/revisions\/1577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}