Bear River RV Park Stewart BC, Canada

Mileage:  48,043

Do all of our pictures look the same?  Mountains and lakes and rivers and blue sky?  If they all do, it is because for almost 12 weeks now we have traveled through exquisitely beautiful country.  Almost without exception, every day we are surrounded by nature’s very best.  There is one very positive thing about writing this blog.  No one would ever sit with us to look at 900 pictures of our trip.  But a few pictures at a time, accompanied by our story, and neatly cataloged with time and place and date…what a wonderful way to journal.  I have always journaled during our trips and I have always taken pictures.  I have boxes and boxes and files and files of disorganized pictures.  I love that this blog puts it all together for us.  What a good way to save our memories to savor later!

Today was a perfect day…gorgeous and sunny and warm with blue skies mountain views, rivers and lakes.

We enjoyed a picnic lunch.

The leaves are starting to fall.

This metal grate bridge was a little spooky to walk on, especially when a tractor trailer full of logs barreled across.  You could see the water below through the metal grate…and the truck caused a great rumbling and trembling of the bridge…

We exited the Cassiar Highway to take 37A to Stewart BC and Hyder Alaska.  The scenery was outstanding…glaciers and waterfalls and raging creeks and rivers, craggy peaks and rugged cliffs, gorgeous gorges…

Tim: “A big ol’ frickin’ WOW!”

We took our bikes into the town of Stewart and pedaled around.  We stopped at the grocery for a few things.  We did some laundry, since we can.  We went to dinner at the King Edward Hotel.

Some old vehicles.

 

We saw lots of trucks full of logs coming into town.  We saw where they were taking them and went down to look this evening after everyone went home.  They unload the trucks and float the logs in the water.  The Portland Canal is 90 miles long and leads to the Pacific Ocean.  Maybe tomorrow we can learn more about where the logs go from here.

Tomorrow we plan a day trip to Hyder, Alaska.

Home for the night.