Haines Junction, Yukon to Hazelton, BC

Haines Junction, Yukon to Hazelton, BC

July 26 - August 3, 2019

We left Haines Junction on Friday, July 26 and breezed on down the Alaska Highway to Whitehorse and beyond.

We stayed two nights at Marsh Lake Provincial Park.

On Sunday, July 28 we left the Alaska Highway and went down the Cassiar Highway, stopping at Boya Lake Provincial Park for the night.  It was a pretty campground.

On Monday we headed farther south and spent a night at Dease Lake RV Park.  It wasn't anything special and I had to go sit in a nearby college parking lot to get WiFi.  I didn't get any pictures and you aren't missing anything.

On Tuesday we drove to Kinaskan Lake Provincial Park for the night.  I thought this park was a really pretty one and would go back.  You can sort of see the lake on the other side of the trees.

On Wednesday, July 31 we spent the last two nights on the Cassiar Highway at Meziadin Lake Provincial Park.  They had some waterfront sites but they were all reserved.  We took one of several sites all lined up in a row on the hill parking lot style, but we got satellite!  One thing I didn't like about the Cassiar Highway was the lack of cell service.

Nearby was a fish ladder so we drove there to see what was going on.  There were a few salmon going upstream but no bears.

On Thursday, August 1 we drove to Stewart, BC, Hyder, AK and Salmon Glacier.  Here are a few pictures Bear Glacier along the way.

We left British Columbia and crossed into Hyder, Alaska.  There's not much left of the town after most of the mines played out.

We went to Fish Creek to see the salmon spawning and see if there were any bears.  We saw salmon and an eagle but no bears.

It was almost lunchtime so we went to The Blue Bus and had halibut and chips.  It was delicious!  This is a 'must do' when you go to Hyder and I'm glad we did it.

That's John's 'my mouth is full' smile.

We took the bumpy ride up to Salmon Glacier, and it was worth all the bumps and potholes.

It was absolutely stunning.  Pictures will never capture the beauty and breadth of it.  The verse that I always put at the bottom of each blog is so very true!

 From the top.

And the toe (bottom).

It eventually turns into a river.

We stopped at Fish Creek again but there were no bears.  We needed to be there early in the morning or in the evening but it was late afternoon.  We decided not to stay as there hadn't been that many bears show up anyway.  It was a beautiful day trip and we're so glad we did it.  On the way back to the campground we did see a bear on the side of the road.

I mentioned in a previous blog about the fireweed puffing when it goes to seed.  Here's what it looks like.

On Friday, August 2 we drove to Ksan Campground.  You can see they have grass instead of dirt and gravel, which is nice for a change.  The land here is where the village of Gitanmaax has stood for centuries.  There is a historical village and museum showing how the Gitxsan First Nation peoples lived.

This has been my view as I write this blog.

Beautiful!

We now turn east and head for Prince George and beyond.

Roving on...

The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament shows His handiwork.  Psalm 19:1