To Hyder

From Skagway we traveled about 200 miles to White River. The tourist season is almost over and many places are closed for the season. The next day we continued east on the Alaskan Highway and then turned south on the Cassiar Highway.  On the map below we met a father and 13 year old son that started their trip at Invuk, Northwest Territories which is north of the Arctic Circle. Their destination is Mexico and their mode of transportation is bicycles! They have already covered about 1,000 miles and only 2,500 more to go.

Cassiar Highway

We stopped just south of Dease Lake and this was the view from our campsite as we went to sleep with the roar of the water from the Tanzilla River. The campground was just a pull off along the road.

The next day we continued on to the turnoff to Steward/Hyder and we stopped in Steward. There was some scenery on the Cassiar but on the road to Steward the Bear Glacier was just across the water. These were taken on the road to Steward. 

We had rain on and off today any yesterday and of course we drove through the obligatory construction, mud and gravel. You cannot see out the windows of the car. We went to a car wash in Steward but it only took loonies and toonies which we didn’t have. We’ll try again tomorrow just before we drive through Hyder and continue 25 miles to Salmon Glacier on a mud and gravel road. So we need enough loonies and toonies for 2 washes.