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Not what we had planned! We drove our coach just 46 miles / 74 km, about one hour of driving, from Mile 0 Park in Dawson Creek to Fort St John, British Columbia, Canada… where our truck’s front frame broke off while leaving a fuel stop, leaving our truck behind while being towed! So we stopped for the night at Rosco’s RV Park. Here’s a map showing our route, heading northwest: An interactive map, with potential stops pinned: The Mile 0 RV Park site was rather unlevel, which may have contributed to the failure, though perhaps not: Wildlife corridor: Kiskatinaw River bridge: Steep grades ahead: 10% grade: Taylor bridge over Peace River: We attempted a fuel stop at a Co-Op Cardlock station, as they alleged they accepted credit cards: But we couldn’t get the machine to accept a credit card: The truck was still fine here: We gave up on that, and headed to a Petro-Canada station: Petro-Canada fuel stop: Soon after leaving the fuel stop, the front frame broke off our truck, ripping off the…

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