Fort St. John to Muncho Lake BC

As we woke up this morning we had our eyes set on Fort Nelson BC. After a nice breakfast of cereal and toast that was included with our room we headed out. Once again it was snowing as we woke up and left out of town. That let up after a while and it turned into a good day again. As we get farther and farther north the towns become fewer and father between, so we pretty much just pulled off the highway and had lunch in a 'closed for the winter' gas station. We pulled into Fort Nelson early in the day and began our rounds of the motels and motor inns. We were finding that they were all much more expensive than we have been paying for the same room or better. Being that it was still early and there was nothing  to do in Fort Nelson besides sit in an over priced room, we decided to keep going. We made a call to Norther Rockies Lodge on Muncho lake(about 3 hours from FN) and reserved a room. This leg of the trip was by far the most beautiful scenery we have seen on our entire drive. We were winding up and down the northern Rockies as the sun began to go down on a clear blue sky. We were treated with constantly changing views of amazing river valleys and mountain peaks.

We pulled up to Northern Rockies Lodge at about 7pm. It is a large log lodge right on the banks of Muncho Lake. We checked into our rooms and changed into our snow pants so we could take a walk around the compound and play in the snow. The lake was completely frozen over and they had cleared out a little ice skating area. It was pretty amazing to see a big lake completely frozen. After playing around we took a peek at their dinner menu. It was pretty pricey so we ate some snacks so we could just share one entree. The lodge is Swiss owned so their specialty was Wiener Schnitzel, which is what we got. We read on the place mat that by the time the food gets to them from Edmonton there is a 60% mark up, which is why their prices are so high. The food was good though and a very large portion, so it was good that we shared. We were very glad that we made the decision to continue driving and not stay in For Nelson, especially because it made our next drive that much shorter and gives us much more time to play at Liard hot springs!