June 26. Friday
We turned north today after a very long 464 mile day yesterday. We are on the Cassiar Highway. We stayed in cute town called Smithers with a hotel and 9:30pm dinner. While we had attempted to stop earlier in Burns Lake at a municipal campground it turned out dirty and skeevy. After chasing google maps around for a misplaced RV Park we decided to push on through.
We have been listening to CBC radio which doesn't mention much about US news. It is refreshing to hear about other countries. The heat wave extends to BC, with areas getting to 40 degrees Celsius (104F). We are blessedly not experiencing that today, but the AC still works if we do!
Our pace is a bit more relaxed today, but still moving. A pencil just flew up from the back seat due to some perceived transgression. Traveling is so much fun!
We headed down a fireweed framed road to Stewart, BC. It is on the coast across from Hyder, AK. They are old mining towns separated by the 90 mile natural Portland Canal. When naming Hyder in 1905 Portland was rejected by the U.S. because there 'were too many cities named Portland'.
June 27, Saturday.
Three weeks on the road, 350 miles done yesterday. The road was good, a recent power line project marring our view. The wilds stretch miles without buildings or airplanes when BAM! power lines, big power lines start accompanying us. We could see them along the highway when we camped at Kinaskan Lake last evening but we have managed to have lost them this morning. Good riddance.
Kinaskan Lake was beautiful, big and still. Loon haunted us with their call and an occasional fish jumped. Reese practiced catching his flip flop while we set up camp. We all sprayed some variation of DEET when we stopped. The mosquitos are upon us. The sun didn't set until midnight. I used an eye cover for the first time this morning to catch some more Zzzs.
Oh my gosh, so awesome! Firstly, I find it funny that you said you're glad to have little US news when last week was the best week for US news in a long time with the SCOTUS three-fer. Secondly, I was in the wilds of Argentina and met two guys from the Yukon - a trapper and a prospector, no joke! They were both nuts. Watch out for the natives! Love you guys, travel safe!
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