Cross-Canada Drive Day #4 – Edmonton, AB to Fort Smith, NT

After loading the car to the roof with supplies, it was finally time to set out on our longest leg of the journey: Edmonton, Alberta to Fort Smith, Northwest Territories.  Unfortunately, although Fort Smith lies directly north of Edmonton as the crow flies, as the road goes is not so direct and this trip takes 13 to 15 hours!

The home stretch! Edmonton AB, to Fort Smith, NT – 1351 km

Stocked up in edmonton and just barely managed to stuff everything into the car!#crosscanada twitter.com/anorthernnomad…

— Carolyn(@anorthernnomad) August 26, 2012

Moose count: one.ran across the road far ahead of us.Watching the road carefully!#crosscanada

— Carolyn(@anorthernnomad) August 30, 2012

Just hit 300000 km on our odometer!And still nearly 1000 to go!#crosscanada twitter.com/anorthernnomad…

— Carolyn(@anorthernnomad) August 26, 2012

Big downside of a full car is that there is no where for our dog to sit but on our laps!#crosscanada twitter.com/anorthernnomad…

— Carolyn(@anorthernnomad) August 26, 2012

Finally made it!passing the 60th parallel into the #nwt #crosscanada twitter.com/anorthernnomad…

— Carolyn(@anorthernnomad) August 30, 2012

That’s a lot of bugs!Don’t want to get our of the car at the 60th parallel! #nwt #crosscanada twitter.com/anorthernnomad…

— Carolyn(@anorthernnomad) August 29, 2012

First bison spotting in the #nwtthank you for moving off the road!#crosscanada twitter.com/anorthernnomad…

— Carolyn(@anorthernnomad) August 30, 2012

Alexandra Falls off highway 1 #nwt#crosscanada twitter.com/anorthernnomad…

— Carolyn(@anorthernnomad) August 30, 2012

Lots of bison on the side of the road.Even saw a baby! Wood Buffalo National Park#nwt#crosscanada twitter.com/anorthernnomad…

— Carolyn(@anorthernnomad) August 30, 2012

Almost 5000 km later.  We managed to hit 300,000 km on the odometer and managed not to hit any of the animals crossing the road.  All in all, another successful drive across Canada.  This is an amazing country, but we never really appreciate how big it truly is until we’re in the car trying to drive across it!