.It would be the maiden voyage of our brand new 2011 dodge truck. It was Darren's idea to leave Merritt in the evening and drive through the night in hopes the kids would sleep through a big chunk of driving. I was sceptical thinking this could backfire. But it actually worked, and very well! We pulled out of town at 8pm the kids bedtime and sure enough they were both out like a lite within an hour or so. Darren drove while i slept only waking briefly to make sure he was still awake. by the time we reached Chetwynd it was around 7am and I was ready to take over the driving. The kids slept until just before Ft.St John, by then we were ready for breakfast. After filling our bellies we carried on to Ft. Nelson.
Darren has spent many winters driving the ice roads into the oil patches here in Ft. Nelson. He has friends with kids so This was a welcome stop for us and the kids. They spent 2 hours running around playing with the kids and their toys. Virgil was a bit shakey on the trampoline with the other bigger kids but loved it!
Back on the road..... Wildlife viewing, Bison between Ft.Nelson and Watson Lake. We continued driving on to Teslin and indulged in a hotel room for the night. We all slept soundly and had a fresh start for our last leg to Beaver Creek. When we reached Whitehorse we found out our holiday trailer that we are to live in for the summer had not arrived from Abbotsford yet and in fact had not even left. I was due back to work the next day so we carried on to Beaver creek without it and stayed in my trusty Atco trailer, no power or water. Darren built a nice hot fire and we were nice and toasty all night. We spent about 2 weeks in the Atco until we could get back into Whitehorse.
Our trip up form Merritt was a total of almost 3000 kms. The kids did amazing on the trip, they are good little travellers!
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