Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Pop Quiz




As we traveled the Alaskan Hwy up by Yukon Territory in Canada I saw this road sign. A free halibut dinner in Gustavus, Alaska next summer to anyone who correctly interprets the sign. (fine print... travel not included lol). Please post your answer in the comment section.

Yesterday afternoon we turned south after traveling east for over a day. Tonight we are in Clinton, British Columbia. The season for road construction is short way up north. Travel today was slow due to road construction delays. One area between Ft. St. John and Prince George had about 30 kilometers (18 miles) of consecutive construction! About the time one picked up speed another flagger would stop you. We did miles and miles of slow escorts after waiting for oncoming traffic to get through. This made it possible for us to average a whopping 38 mph for 12 hours travel, and we only stopped for fuel once. I should have expected this. We had the same thing last year. Fortunately we are not in a hurry.

10 comments:

Dale Ebner said...

I'm going to take a wild guess and say that it is a motorcycle warning sign for a metal grate up ahead on the road or on a bridge

Richard said...

I;m with Dale. There's a grid in the road ahead and if you're on a motorcycle you may want to put the training wheels back on it.

Mel (AKA Dad, Papa Mel, Grampa) said...

Jenny... close, but the other two guys got it pretty much right. The sign was just before a bridge with metal grate surface (to allow snow to fall through). I guess a two wheel motorcycle can have problems on those.

Jenny M said...

Awww... too bad :) I do enjoy your blog though. Fun to watch the progress on your cabin!

Mel (AKA Dad, Papa Mel, Grampa) said...

Jenny: Since you like the blog you can still have the halibut dinner if you make it to AK.

Jenny M said...

ha! :D I'll definitely keep that in mind!! :) It's quite tempting... :)

Sarah said...

man i guess im too late. i was going to say bumpy road so hold on to your saddle!

Mel (AKA Dad, Papa Mel, Grampa) said...

I was hoping someone would say when climbing a skyscraper have your radio turned up.

George Benson said...

I agree...warning sign for cyclist's grated surface. GB

Mel (AKA Dad, Papa Mel, Grampa) said...

Sorry George. Too late for a free halibut dinner. Perhaps we can find some cod for honorable mention. :D