We have been under a rain cloud for quite a while. They told us a lot of Alaska is part of a rain forest environment, and now I believe them. On Tuesday we went into Hyder AK to the Post Office, then back to Stewart BC to the liquor store. Everything is cheaper in Hyder but then you need to pay duty coming across the border back into Canada. We also stopped at the Hotel and I had my second feed of Alaskan King Crab Legs. They were wonderful. These were not spit, so I had to work a little for the meat, but it was worth it!
Back at the campground we spent an enjoyable afternoon visiting with fellow Alaskan travelers, Jim and Linda Dixon. They had just arrived today and we were leaving the next day. It was fun to catch up on news and compare notes.
Wednesday morning we filled up with fuel in Stewart and then hooked up the truck and headed out. I tried to take some pictures of the drive out, but it was rainy and foggy and the pictures don’t do it justice. The tour book rated this road as the most picturesque in BC, and we would have to agree. It was just mile after mile of waterfalls, glaciers, rivers and mountains. Look at the Picasa Album if you want to see all of them. Please excuse the poor photography, but I did what I could with the weather that we had.
We finished the Cassiar Highway without incident. The road was pretty good. We did see five bear along the way. I was only able to get good pictures of one cub that was just munching on the clover by the side of the road. He was undisturbed by traffic or picture taking, he was having his breakfast!
This was a cool shot of the Welcome Sign into Burns Lake BC:
The Yellowknife highway went through many small towns and villages and it was a pleasant drive. We would have boondocked by the side of the road except that this was a pretty heavily traveled road and the pull offs were all very close to the road. So, we stayed in British Columbia Provincial Park that was quite nice, east of Prince George.Thursday we stopped west of Prince George and fueled up again and then stopped at Wal Mart in Prince George to get a few items that we needed. The Yellowknife highway has been a pretty good road. When we got further to the east it became a little more scenic again. By the time we were approaching Alberta, it was really beautiful.
We entered Alberta and soon arrived at the entrance to Jasper and Bannf National Parks. $20.20 for a Senior Pass for 24 hours. Then we were told that we must go a campground and Whistler was the only one that had openings. So, we went to Whistler and paid $40 for a FHU (It was $30 for NO SERVICES, so we took the FHU. The park is lovely and we were treated to a visit by a heard of elk that must live in or near the park. There were eight or nine of them and they just came wandering in about dusk.
The drive through the rest of the National Park the next day was awesome. Unfortunately, it was rainy and cloudy for a lot of the day, but we enjoyed the drive anyway.We arrived in Montana, glad to be back in the lower 48. The border crossing was uneventful. We went down into Whitefish to refuel. Our last fill up in Canada was at about $5. a gallon with the conversion from liters and to US dollars. The fill up in Montana was at $3.88 a gallon, a WELCOME change.
We went back to the State Park in Whitefish to find it full, so we headed to Kalispell and found a Wal Mart where we spent the night with about 25 other rigs. The next day we went looking for an RV park to find all were full because of the Canadian three day holiday. I guess a lot of Canadian citizens come to Montana to shop because it is less expensive here and there is NO TAX. We found a place at Glacier Pines RV Park and booked it for a week, starting Sunday. So…..we had one more night to boondoack, this time we went to the OLD Wal Mart. This lot was almost empty. There were about six of us there along with a security guard. On to bigger and better things tomorrow……
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