The first stop of this leg of our trip were the spectacular Athabasca Falls:

Jasper National Park also gave us the gift of the first of several wildlife viewings, this beautiful elk by the side of the road:

The majestic mountains soon made way for flat endless fields of canola; for a while it felt strange not to be surrounded by the Rockies…

Several kilometres later we finally made it to Dawson Creek and the official beginning of the Alaska Highway!

After driving nearly 800 kilometres, we were ready for some rest, tomorrow would be another day filled with more wildlife viewings, but more of that in the next post!