to Pacific coast of British Columbia

July 11 we said goodby to Whitehorse, which we both dearly loved, to head for Stewart on the Pacific coast of British Columbia which connected with Hyder, Alaska. The road trip over the Cassiar Highway had its issues with gravel and uneven pavement through much of the trip. Glaciers are a part of their daily scenery as we first realized when we passed Bear creek glacier right by the side of the highway in photo 1. To give a perspective, where the white of the glacier reaches the lake is a waterfall larger than our truck. Stewart, BC, is a dying town of about 400 people from a Yukon turn of the century gold rush boom of almost 40,000. The cliffs and mountains come straight down to the town and harbor so I had no idea where that many people might have lived. There are many empty businesses and houses for sale, even the hardware store closed, but the old churches are still functioning. Photo 4 and 5 show the Catholic church still in use and in photo 4 just to the right of the telephone pole is what they call a "toe" of a large glacier over the ridge. of the mountain. You can see the proximity of the mountains to the town. We did have one of the prettiest campsites we've enjoyed. In the truck picture the small sign warns of bears coming through the area. It seems it isn't unusual for bears or wolves to wander the streets at night. The campsite was beautiful with the creek running through it and right up against the wilderness along the mountain.