The Start of our Troubles

Monday morning we left Dawson Creek and were happy to be just over half way to Fairbanks. We gassed up at Ft Nelson and waved goodbye, never realizing how hard it would be to escape that place. From Ft Nelson the toad begins its wind up through the Northern Rockies. We saw moose, deer  and beautifuCallender.
Moose

Summit Lake
I don't know why it won't go right side up
Stone Sheep


However, an hour and a half out of town near Tetsa River, we heard a loud pop and terrible engine noise. I new we had thrown a spark plug. We coasted down into the lodge and called for a tow truck back to Ft Nelson. $700 for the tow, $350 for the repair and a day lost from our callender.

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