Smiles and Miles on Our Trips : MURAL, MURAL ON THE WALL & HISTORIC SITES IN DAWSON CREEK & WILD WING WEDNESDAY

This morning, we once again woke up to a warm and sunny day -- with a great starting temperature of 48 degrees, which once again would reach a high of 79 degrees.

Mel wanted to be at Brown's GMC Chevrolet Dealership at 8 a.m., so that they could get the spare key made for the truck. This time he was successful. While he was waiting for them to make the spare key and sync the computer on the truck, he walked over to Canadian tire and was able to find the bear spray that up until this point, we had not been able to find. He was back to the camper around 10:30 a.m.

Before heading over to the Dawson Creek Visitor Center, we stopped brief again at Bobs RV Parts & Supplies for some more parts for the truck.

Now our next stop -- was the much anticipated Dawson Creek Visitor Center which opened at 10 a.m. At this time, I was able to ask all my questions, and get information on the Dawson Creek historical/mural walking tours. Melissa, one of the visitor information counselors, who goes by the nickname "Mel" was very helpful. She even allowed us to tour the Dawson Creek Station Museum for free (they normally charge $5/person).

The N.A.R. Station Museum is a tribute to the U.S. Soldiers who arrived to build the Alaska Highway. We got to tour the stationmaster's original living quarters.

A wooden plaque displayed in the Dawson Creek Station Museum at the Visitor Center states: "Alaska Highway: Winding in and winding out, Fills my mind with serious doubt, as to whether the dude who built this route was going to hell or coming out!"(See the plaque in the picture below.)

Below is a picture of Melissa, the very helpful information counselor at the visitor center.

Below are pictures from the museum of the stationmaster's living quarters.

This is the story of the epic road building of the Alaska Highway.

Also while we were at the visitor center, Melissa made us a "Alaska Highway Traveller Certificate."

And before we left the visitor center, with brochures in hand, we bought a couple of t-shirts (cost $39.98 CA) that said Dawson Creek Mile 0 Alaska Highway.

We then set out on the self-guided Historic Walking Tour of Dawson Creek (which probably took us a little over an hour to walk).

Below are many of the beautiful murals and historical plaques on the building in downtown Dawson Creek.

It was "Wild Wing Wednesday" at Rockwells Pub Club so we decided to have wings for our lunch and dinner. Mel had a few beers as well.

Since you had to order a minimum of 6 wings for each order, Mel and I decided to try several different combinations of a dozen wings including: 6 of roasted garlic & red pepper wings and 6 of maple bacon wings; 6 of honey mustard and 6 of hail caesar wings; 6 of dill pickle wings and 6 of pineapple curry wings; and finally 6 of honey pot wings and 6 of garlic parmesan wings. We had a total of 4 dozen wings (or 24 wings each). Below is one of our combinations - honey mustard and hail caesar. Yummy! And we ended up paying 45 cents US/wing. A great deal!

The picture below shows Mel placing the last bone on our pile of wing bones!

After that we went back to the camper at 4:30 p.m. for 1-1/2 hours and then around 6 p.m. we decided to go to Stuie's Diner and have dessert -- pie and ice cream.