Day 56, On the Road

Since my last post we have traveled south from Whitehorse YT all the way to Prince George BC for a total of  1,018 miles. The roads have improved dramatically as we have gone south. From Whitehorse to Nugget City we were traveling on the Alaska Highway, the road were reasonable good. Leaving Nugget City we turned south on BC 37, as one guy put it was little more that a widened bicycle path. The road went up and down and round and round, it was a full time job driving the rig.

The saving grace for the drive was the scenery. The color were changing and the mountains in the background it was very beautiful.

There were many views of the changing colors, these pictures do not really show how vibrant the colors were.

Three days of driving on some difficult roads
we finally arrived to Stewart BC. it is here we will have a chance to see the Salmon Glacier and another chance to view some bears.

Both the bear viewing and the Salmon Glacier are in Alaska and the only way to get there by road is through Stewart BC. Again  crossing the US/Canada  into a US National Forest we were back in the Alaska. The 18 mile drive up the mountain to the glacier was a bit of a challenge, two lane (most of the time) dirt gravel road littered with potholes. The Fusion is not really made for these kind of conditions. It was a slow bumpy trip but very much worth the effort.

Bear viewing was much less satisfying located about halfway up the mountain the US forest service hada boardwalk constructed over a salmon stream. Here you could watch the bears come down to the river and feed on the salmon. While we were there lots of  salmon were in the stream. It was mid day the bears must have been taking a siesta. We were there for a couple of hours and did not see a bear,

   

Saw along the road on Monday

Leaving Stewart on Monday we spent the night in Telkwa BC before making our way to Prince George today. We will spend the night here and leave for Cache Creek BC in the morning where we will be dry camping (no hookups).  On Thursday we will make our 213 mile trip to Ferndale WA. and out final location.

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