Once on the road, we made several rest stops. One was near Dease Lake. This rest area by a stream was a nice place to stop for lunch.
Of course you can't pass up a picture of a place with a unique name--Gnat's Pass Summit.
The fireweed has turned to fuzz in most places--that means snow is not in the too distant future.
One good thing from the rain--rainbows! We have seen quite a few!
As we drove south on Cassiar Highway we saw several black bears. This one wasn't bothered by us. He was more interested in the succulent weeds by the road!
We stopped for the night at a roadside pull-out--our first. Many people stop in these every night as they travel in Canada and Alaska.We didn't have far to go the next morning. Meziadin Provincial Park would put us close enough to Stewart, BC and Hyder, Alaska for a day trip in the car.
The drive to Stewart/Hyder is breathtaking--there are 18 glaciers and 64 waterfalls along the road. Bear Glacier was the most impressive.
Stewart is a quaint village, Hyder is not quite as picturesque.
Fish Creek in Tangass National Forest is the big draw in Hyder. The bears gather to eat salmon along the creek. The forest service constructed a wooden viewing platform along the creek to keep bears and people separate.Many photographers had come for around the world to view the bears.
Only problem was--no bears! Lots of salmon....
....and birds eating salmon (you should have scratch and sniff for this picture to get the full effect of rotting fish).
But no bears! We saw one wolf at a distance grab a salmon and run back into the woods.Bob had heard that 'The Bus' was the place to eat in Hyder so that is where we had fish and chips. They were the best we had eaten on this trip! We highly recommend 'The Bus.'
We returned to Meziadin and spent a rainy night and day as we were there for 2 days. Time to look for good weather--I'm tired of having wet, cold feet!
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