Kinaskan Lake Provincial Campground BC, Canada

Mileage:  47,873

Overnight the smoke from the wildfire moved across the lake, the morning air was acrid and heavy.  This is the view from the bench where we sat last evening.

The sun was glowing red as we made our way south on the Cassiar Highway.  We saw what was probably a coyote.  Too big to be a fox and definitely not a dog, he was in the road ahead of us and quickly disappeared along a creek bed.

We stopped for fuel at the Tatogga Lake Resort.  The old man there was in no hurry.  He told me to stay inside a while and he would go and take care of Tim and the fuel.  He had a museum of full sized mounted animals…wolves, stone sheep, a moose, bear, and lots of mounted heads and pelts as well.  He had all kinds of advice for us…where we should camp and where we should go.

As we traveled, the smoke hung in a perpetual haze all the way to Kinaskan Lake.

We arrived around 11 am.  The next campsites are further than we wanted to travel today.  It was 79 degrees.  Warm enough for short sleeves and flip flops.  We have a beautiful site on the lake.

After lunch, we took the Jeep looking for a place to explore.  We found Willow Creek Forest Road 300.

We drove in 10 miles before turning around.  I’m not sure how much further it might have gone on.  There was a lot of bear scat.  We must make too much noise coming down the road because we didn’t see a single bear.

We crossed a creek on this bridge.

We forged this flooded portion of the road…flooded because of a beaver dam somewhere back in there.

Logged out.

The smoke dissipated this afternoon with just a thin haze remaining.  The old guy from the gas station this morning told us that the bear come out along the highway at around 7 pm to feed on grasses and dandelion by the road.  After dinner, we went bear hunting.  We took the access road to the power line and drove along the ridge.

No bear, but incredible views of the lake.

Tomorrow we will continue south on the Cassiar Highway.