{"id":4660,"date":"2022-08-19T21:07:45","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T21:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cycling4water.ca\/?p=4660"},"modified":"2022-08-20T03:13:28","modified_gmt":"2022-08-20T03:13:28","slug":"day-2-north-bound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cycling4water.ca\/day-2-north-bound\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 2: North Bound"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today\u2019s drive from Prince George to Meziadin Lake Provincial Park was a bit longer than expected because of some errands in Prince George, a few extra stops on the way and road construction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"607\" src=\"https:\/\/cycling4water.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Dempster-Hwy-2-Views-1024x607.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cycling4water.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Dempster-Hwy-2-Views-1024x607.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cycling4water.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Dempster-Hwy-2-Views-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cycling4water.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Dempster-Hwy-2-Views-768x455.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cycling4water.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Dempster-Hwy-2-Views-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/cycling4water.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Dempster-Hwy-2-Views.jpg 1295w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We had great weather with an amazing mix of beautiful country side. Lunch was in a park in Vanderhoof, which happens to be the geographic center of BC. &nbsp;I realized will missed all these views last year because of cloudy weather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"995\" src=\"https:\/\/cycling4water.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Dempster-Hwy-2-View-1024x995.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cycling4water.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Dempster-Hwy-2-View-1024x995.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cycling4water.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Dempster-Hwy-2-View-300x291.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cycling4water.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Dempster-Hwy-2-View-768x746.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cycling4water.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Dempster-Hwy-2-View-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/cycling4water.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Dempster-Hwy-2-View.jpg 1358w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Reid is handling the long drive with the benefit of four adults that alternate as his play mates. Richard and Reid were having so much fun. It must have taken a lot out of them!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/cycling4water.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Dempster-Hwy-2-R-R-Fun-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cycling4water.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Dempster-Hwy-2-R-R-Fun-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cycling4water.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Dempster-Hwy-2-R-R-Fun-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cycling4water.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Dempster-Hwy-2-R-R-Fun-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cycling4water.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Dempster-Hwy-2-R-R-Fun-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cycling4water.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Dempster-Hwy-2-R-R-Fun-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/cycling4water.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Dempster-Hwy-2-R-R-Fun.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"828\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cycling4water.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Dempster-Hwy-2-R-R-Sleep-828x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cycling4water.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Dempster-Hwy-2-R-R-Sleep-828x1024.jpg 828w, https:\/\/cycling4water.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Dempster-Hwy-2-R-R-Sleep-243x300.jpg 243w, https:\/\/cycling4water.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Dempster-Hwy-2-R-R-Sleep-768x950.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cycling4water.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Dempster-Hwy-2-R-R-Sleep-10x12.jpg 10w, https:\/\/cycling4water.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Dempster-Hwy-2-R-R-Sleep.jpg 1094w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 828px) 100vw, 828px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The area around our camp site has lots of critters. Our first bear made an appearance as we drove into the region. Another was spotted on the roadside before we pulled into our campsite just before 9 pm. &nbsp;Meziadin Lake is just 65 km from the BC border with Alaska.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"898\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cycling4water.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Dempster-Hwy-2-Sign-898x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cycling4water.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Dempster-Hwy-2-Sign-898x1024.jpg 898w, https:\/\/cycling4water.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Dempster-Hwy-2-Sign-263x300.jpg 263w, https:\/\/cycling4water.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Dempster-Hwy-2-Sign-768x875.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cycling4water.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Dempster-Hwy-2-Sign-11x12.jpg 11w, https:\/\/cycling4water.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Dempster-Hwy-2-Sign.jpg 908w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 898px) 100vw, 898px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today\u2019s drive from Prince George to Meziadin Lake Provincial Park was a bit longer than expected because of some errands in Prince George, a few extra stops on the way<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":4661,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,5,6,468,10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - 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