Last night Cindy and I made an executive decision, no cooking in the rain. But as it turned out, there wasn't any rain last night. We had breakfast in camp and then got on the road about 8 am. This morning our history lesson was in Old Hazelton.
Our first stop to check out the rapids.
We stopped at the old stern wheeler at Hazelton Landing. This was one of the stops for the fur trade that we learned about at Fort St James.
There were Totem Poles and old steam machines to look at. It was a nice break.
Then we returned to Hwy 16 and continued to the intersection of Highway 37 where we turned north heading on the Cassiar Highway.
On Highway 37, before the junction to Stewart BC/Hyder AK, we saw our first black bears!! The first one had climbed up a tree by the road. The next two were eating on one side of the road, then crossed over and munched for a while on the other side. The last was again along the side of the road just hanging out. We also saw 2 eagles siting on snags out in the river.
At Highway 37A we headed west to the twin towns of Stewart BC and Hyder Alaska, separted only the the Canada/US border.
The ride down the highway was full of wonderful views.
Grouping up in Hyder at the park. Then it was off to lunch. While at lunch we decided to spend the night in Hyder. It would give us time to go see the Salmon Glacier and maybe catch a bear at the viewing area.
The glacier was amazing. All that ice, and it's been here for ever!
Dave at the glacier
Many interesting rides at the glacier. These folks were from Germany
The view of the road back to camp
Wayne and me headed down the road
Looking for bears, but no luck
A stop at Portland Bay
Wow, What a view!
Again we tarped up camp to avoid the rain.
Critter Count: 4 black bears
2 eagles
247 miles
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