It is kind of rough. If he leaves from Skagway, he takes the Alaska Highway to just across the BC/Yukon border, then head uth to Prince Rupert, hit the Coquahalla Highway to Vancouver -- it's like a big backwards "C", whereas if he goes through Grande Prairie AB (where I think Kilometre 0 is on the Alaska Highway), he goes east a bit on highway 43 to Valleyview, then SSE on Highway 40 to Gunn, where the highway turns into freeway. In fact, it just occurred to me that the next town after Gunn is Onoway, so he could see Mark quite easily. Highway 40 ends at the Yellowhead (highway 16) which goes east into Edmonton, splitting into 16 and 16A, which go on either side of Spruce Grove. From there it's highway 2 where the speed limit is 110 kph, the fastest in Canada, to Calgary and Fort Macleod. Then highway 3 on the Crowsnest Highway to Lethbridge. From there you can take a 45-minute detour to Cardston on highway 5, or you go SE from Lethbridge to the Coutts AB/Sweetgrass MT border crossing (which is in the process of being upgraded to freeway). From Sweetgrass it's I-15 all the way south to Salt Lake.
Alternately, if he drives from Prince Rupert, it's the Yellowhead all the way through Jasper National Park to Edmonton, via Spruce Grove; Onoway is only a 10 minute side trip. That's the most direct way. Hey, John, you could see Bonnie. She lives in Prince George, which is on the Yellowhead, deep in the interior of B.C. (they're part of our temple district, in fact). The only way to visit Seattle is to take the ferry down the Inside Passage from Ketchikan (if there is one) or Prince Rupert, but that would take quite a while, I would think -- a few days, John? One helluva drive, I must say. And one I'd like to take some day. "John W. Redelfs" wrote: > After much pondering, Stephen Beecroft favored us with: > >If you decide to take the coastal route, stop by and visit. I'll even > >show you around Microsoft's campus, though I can't get in any > >buildings... > > I wish I could, Stephen. But there isn't any coastal route from the > Seattle area to Prince Rupert. It means driving hundreds of miles inland > to go north in BC only to drive hundreds of miles back to the coast. > > You mean you can't get in any of the building because they laid you off? > Shame on them. Now that you are no longer working for Microsoft, do you > still have the tenacious loyalty to them that you used to feel? > > How is the job hunt going? > > John W. Redelfs [EMAIL PROTECTED] > =========================================== > At present, the Book of Mormon is studied in our Sunday > School and seminary classes every fourth year. This > four-year pattern, however, must not be followed by > Church members in their personal and family study. We > need to read daily from the pages of the book that will get > a man "nearer to God by abiding by its precepts, than by > any other book." (Ezra Taft Benson, October 1988) > =========================================== > All my opinions are tentative pending further data. --JWR > > ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// > /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// > ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > -- Marc A. Schindler Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada -- Gateway to the Boreal Parkland �Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he will pick himself up and continue on� � Winston Churchill Note: This communication represents the informal personal views of the author solely; its contents do not necessarily reflect those of the author�s employer, nor those of any organization with which the author may be associated. ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ==^^=============================================================== This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^^===============================================================
