We spent the last three days on a beautiful lake along the Cassiar Highway, Meziadin Lake Provincial Park. You will see a picture of the view out our window-we were right at the shore of the lovely turquoise waters. This location was a much anticipated stop to visit the towns of Stewart, BC and Hyder, Alaska. They sit side by side on the border of southeast Alaska and northwest BC. Stewart is home to glaciers and beautiful scenery. We drove a gravel road to reach Salmon Glacier-that we looked down on-unbelievable! You usually witness a glacier from boat or at the base, for those you can drive to. This was a scary drive for me, but Bob told me to "hang loose"! Hyder is considered the "friendliest ghost town" in Alaska. It is home to Fish Creek-a spot the Grizzlies visit while the salmon are spawning. We saw a let of salmon, but no Grizzlies. The ranger said it was a bit late in the season.
As we were driving to Fish Creek, much to our delight, a mama black bear and her cubs crossed the road in fron of us! Please note, the mama has a fish in her mouth! I nearly dropped the camera getting that picture!
We hit another "hang loose" road on Friday we went in search of a fish ladder on the Nass and Meziadin Rivers. Yep, we found it and the workers counting salmon, measuring them and taking a scale sample. The falls were forceful and pretty spcacular. Just to think, the salmon ar swimming upstream!
The trip south on the Cassiar Highway to Meziadin Lake was an adventure ( rocking and rolling along) plus bear sighting as well as Lynx.
We are going about 300 miles out of the way to go home through Glacier National Park and Yellowstone but they are a couple of our favorites. Hopefully we will have some pictures to post of the Canadian Rockies.
We have traveled 8000+ miles and have about 2000 to go. Each day brings new scenery to delight us. Yes, we are getting weary, but aren't ready to through in the towel just yet!
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