Alberta is a large province, and larger in the north-south direction.
I tried to ask Google how long the drive would be but it refuses to
take Highway 63 -- the directions engine must be up to date enough to
know about road closures.
In article <dp2f2hFjp04U1@mid.individual.net>,
Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> wrote:
Alberta is a large province, and larger in the north-south direction.
I tried to ask Google how long the drive would be but it refuses to
take Highway 63 -- the directions engine must be up to date enough to
know about road closures.
About 14 hours using this route: https://goo.gl/maps/czpwQbiMR4r
Sorry, not familiar with the roads there so I don't know if this is about >what you were thinking. Heck, I might have missed the closures to which
you referred.
ebenZEROONE@verizon.net (Hactar) wrote:
In article <dp2f2hFjp04U1@mid.individual.net>,
Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> wrote:
Alberta is a large province, and larger in the north-south direction.
I tried to ask Google how long the drive would be but it refuses to
take Highway 63 -- the directions engine must be up to date enough to
know about road closures.
About 14 hours using this route: https://goo.gl/maps/czpwQbiMR4r
Sorry, not familiar with the roads there so I don't know if this is about >what you were thinking. Heck, I might have missed the closures to which >you referred.
"other end of the province" was rhetorical. Calgary is an hour and a
half to two hours from the south end of the province and Fort Mac is
not even close to the north end of the province.
The road I was trying to select was "Highway 63", which runs northeast
from Edmonton as opposed to the NW that the road you chose runs. The
route planner was able to get me to the turnoff near Lac la Biche, but
no further. The highway is marked on the map, but Google maps won't
let me choose it. Calgary to Atmore takes 5 hours, but is only 2/3 of
the trip, and the route planner won't let me use the only highway
along the west edge of that huge (unnamed?) park. The route planner
tells me that there are no routes available to Fort McMurray.
Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> wrote:
take Highway 63 -- the directions engine must be up to date enough to
know about road closures.
along the west edge of that huge (unnamed?) park. The route planner
tells me that there are no routes available to Fort McMurray.
The route
planner won't let you use Highway 63 because the only places it goes to
are Fort McMurray and some small towns to the south of it, which are
either evacuated because of the fire or under evacuation alert. I think
you'd run into RCMP roadblocks if you were there physically and tried to >drive it.
I heard a news report today saying that smoke from the fire is causing
red sunsets throughout Alberta and as far east as Ontario. Are you
seeing any of that?
I heard a news report today saying that smoke from the fire is causing
red sunsets throughout Alberta and as far east as Ontario. Are you
seeing any of that?
I heard a news report today saying that smoke from the fire is causing
red sunsets throughout Alberta and as far east as Ontario. Are you
seeing any of that?
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