More Experiences

We traveled back to Tok Alaska began our trek toward home. We traveled the really bad Yukon part of the Alaska Highway again … ugh!

We decided to take the western route home (the eastern route is the one we took through Alberta CA). The highway we were on was called the Cassiar Highway. There were several Provencial Parks where we were able to camp for one or two nights. The picture below is at Boya Lake Provencial Park. What a view from our dinette window!

Same campground … looking down on our rig. The lake is behind the trees to the left.

Just a little sample of the wildlife at the campground.

The next Provencial Park we visited, Kinashan Lake Park, where we took a little trip in the car to visit Jade City. Great gift shop, lots of lovely Jade!

 

 

From Kinashan Lake Park we traveled to Stewart BC on the Glacier Highway. This is the only port that is ice-free in British Columbia. 

We stopped at a commercial park we knew of in Stewart, Bear River RV Park. I think it is the only commercial park there! We were really lucky to get their last spot that day. We wanted to stay at least two days longer but they were completely booked; we asked at the office and they told us about the Municipal Park in Stewart. Here’s the sign; we thought the name coincidental since the street we live on is the same! It’s a really nice park, electric with water available (but not at each site), nicely shaded with lots of space between sites, and there was WIFI! A real treat!
  

Our rig at the Rainey Creek Municipal campsite ... just like home!

We took a drive to see Fish Creek to see the bears fishing for salmon. We discovered that the bears usually only fish between 6 and 10 am and 6 and 10 pm … we missed them!

Bear crossing the street in Hyder AK.

 

Here we are at Fish Creek. You can see the clouds in the background … they were quite heavy and it was difficult to see the tops of the mountains.  

Crazy people in the rain with their cameras, etc., just waiting for that perfect picture of a bear snagging a salmon! We didn’t want to wait!

 Here is a picture of the bridge and people with creek in the foreground.

 

Bear display at Fish Creek … just look at those claws!

 

While we were in Stewart, we celebrated my birthday … significant because now I can receive my social security benefits! There are only two restaurants in town, and the one we elected to try was called Silverado Café and Pizza. From the name, you can already guess that the cuisine was not of the best quality, but it was tasty. Jerry had Salisbury steak and the veggies looked OK … at least not mushy. He said his meal was good. I had a burger … it was good. I don’t like it too rare, and this was definitely not rare (even a bit crunchy on the edges). Paco did like the leftovers, though.

Hyder Alaska is next to Stewart and to get to Fish Creek we had to enter Alaska, and then back into Canada. This border checkpoint had only 2 lanes and both were busy! Rush Hour!

This is the wall of falls … the glaciers are melting and the water cascades down to the creeks. It’s really beautiful and very soothing to listen to.

 

This is the Bear Glacier.

Single lane bridge … yield to oncoming traffic!

This is next to the single lane bridge … looks like it needs fixing!

From Stewart we traveled to Smithers BC but couldn’t stay at the campground we chose … there was a caravan. We stayed in the city and left for Prince George BC.  

Our park of choice was Sintich RV Park. Fortunately, we were ahead of the caravans, so we were able to stay three days. We did some caching and enjoyed the city. The park is about one-half to two-thirds mobile homes, and the rest RV spaces. We were fortunate to get the site at the end of the line farthest from the entrance. Much quieter with lots of space for Paco to wander! 

We camped at another Provencial Park, Lac La Hache, where we stayed two days and did some geocaching.  We then traveled through Hope BC, and are finally back in the US!

We plan to see family in Portland, and perhaps some friends in Nevada City, then it's the last leg of our trip home.