Manning Alberta to Hay River Northwest Territory 316 miles
We got up a little earlier today because we knew we had a long day. The sky is mostly blue with a predicted high of 91 degrees. Only two degrees short of the record. We drive along more farms. Although we see lots of hay bales we don’t see much livestock of any kind. Before long the landscape changes and we are back in the forest. This area has more birch trees than before. They are very tall with branches only near the top. This is supposed to be moose country but I don’t know how a moose could get through the trees. We did see two deer along the side of the road. A little before that we saw a mother duck escorting her ducklings across the road. Must have been at least ten of them. We drove along for at least 20 miles where the trees had burned on both sides of the road. The brush has started to grow again so the fire must have been a few years ago. It came close to the town of High Level. Some patches of road are really good and some are really bad. Bridges seem particularly bad. Not many recreational vehicles today. But another police car. Alberta must have more than British Columbia. We had our cheese and cracker lunch along the side of the road. A semi stopped to be sure we were okay. Turnouts are few and far between. The temperature is cooling down as we go north and the skies are very cloudy. Eventually it does begin to rain. We got within 10 miles of Hay River when the car ran out of gas. We coasted to the entrance of a gas station that sat back off the road. Rob and I started pushing and then three other guys came up to help. We made it to the pumps where Rob put in 11.01 gallons in a 10 gallon tank. One of the guys said the price had just gone down this week. We are staying in a two bedroom fully furnished apartment tonight. Guess we should have stayed longer.
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