Our journey today was from Fort Nelson to Fort St John which was a long day of 240 miles.
There were several sections of roadworks and very steep grades - 2nd gear work. We were unable to use the right hand fuel tank so had to borrow a jerry can of fuel from one of our convoy members. A couple of the places that we stopped at were selling fuel on our way up but had signs on their bowsers that they had no fuel so we were unable to top up our tank.
At one of the stops we met a young man called Adam from Melbourne who has been working on the gas fields as a pipe fitter for the past 6 years. He is excited about visiting home next month as it is the first time he has been back to Australia since moving to Canada.
The traffic was getting busier with gas, fuel and log trucks, pickups and tourists and it was pretty stressful driving. Many cases of broken road rules and close calls.
We arrived in Fort St John mid afternoon and camped in the sports ground next to the Rotary RV Park. One of the first grassed areas that we have seen in a long while. Jim went across to the local pub but was told that they do not have any non-alcoholic drinks for sale to take away!! There was a cold wind blowing so we went to bed early.
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