We believe, but have no confirmation of it, that we are now in British Columbia & are now in the Pacific time zone. When we arrived in Dawson City we headed straight for the Visitor's Center which is our normal routine. Get the lay of the land, pick up brochures on things to do in the area & talk with the local advisers about their opinions on campgrounds, local restaurants, etc. When were arrived at the VC we noticed a group of red jackets emerging from their RV's & heading to the Mile 0 sign. Sure enough! A group of 18 RVs & all retired military folks traveling from all over to US to Alaska. Immediately the 3 retired Marines in the group found Steve & new friends were being made. We actually camped in the same campground last night as the group, although that was totally unintentional. It just seemed like the best campground in the area. We had lots of chats with the group during the evening & will again this morning most likely. Many of these very nice retirees have invited us to join their organization - S.M.A.R.T (Special Military Active Retired Travel Club, Inc.) - which we will consider in the future. Another interesting side is that a group of finely dressed Canadian Mounties arrived at the mile post sign to greet the retirees & to allow lots of pictures to be taken with them. It was a fun sight. I noted a young woman & 3 very young children hanging around the event & I inquire where they were from. They were from Alaska & traveling to DC as her husband is in the Army & is being stationed at the Pentagon. They will live in Springfield. I encouraged her to get up front of the group to have her children's picture taken with the Mounties. Steve & I walked around the town & enjoyed visiting the Alaska Highway Museum. It is an amazing story of how quickly the road was built in 1942 (9 months) & the story of the adversities the 2 Army regiments underwent in order to complete the road quickly to protect the US from a looming attack by the Japanese. Of course, that never happened & many of the workers felt that their hard labor was done for nothing, but look! Now we have this beautiful highway to Alaska with lots of treasured tales to hear along the way. It will be a fun journey! Our daylight hours are long - sunrise about 4:30 am & sunset around 11 pm. I love it! Since we are going farther north our days should be long for much of the trip.
