Day 62, Thursday, September 7, 2006
42 this morning in British Columbia at Kinaskan Provincial Park. Cloudy and raining. Drove 175 miles to get to Hyder, Ak. and see bears. Only one 2 mile stretch of gravel/pot-hole road today on the Cassiar. The last 15 mile stretch of bad road has been paved. Thank God! The rain did not stop all day. Arrived in Stewart, BC then went on across the border to Hyder, Ak. Drove to bear viewing area upon arrival just to see what was there. Stewart, BC is all paved roads. Hyder, AK is all mud and pot holes and basically unfit for motor homes. But we went anyway. Had to drive about 3 miles out of Hyder to get to Fish Creek. Mid-day is not a good time to see the bears. But, we saw one Black Bear with a salmon in it's mouth crossing the road as we left the bear viewing area. We went back to town to get a camp site. Cooked an early dinner and returned to view bears around 6:00 pm when it's the best time to see them. We were not so lucky tonight. Saw one Black Bear eating vegetation, but no salmon feasting and only the one bear. It's a little late in the season so we are now hearing. Bear sightings are hit or miss instead of guaranteed. We've been a little late for best wildlife viewing this whole trip. Now we know why people fight the crowds in mid summer to be up here. Oh well! We cooked salmon on the grill tonight, have cable tv, and internet access. What else do we need? ------- Cell phone access! Nothing here and maybe nothing for days as we travel through British Columbia towards the lower 48. Brucifer, thanks for your input. Brother Tim, where are you?
Bear Glacier on the road into Hyder off of the Cassiar
Our welcome to Hyder - this is Main Street!
Another Main Street view
Town grocery store
Town Center - we turned right to go to Fish Creek
Road to see the bears
Only picture of the only bear we saw for all our trouble to get here. We were on a viewing boardwalk above him as he walked below
42 this morning in British Columbia at Kinaskan Provincial Park. Cloudy and raining. Drove 175 miles to get to Hyder, Ak. and see bears. Only one 2 mile stretch of gravel/pot-hole road today on the Cassiar. The last 15 mile stretch of bad road has been paved. Thank God! The rain did not stop all day. Arrived in Stewart, BC then went on across the border to Hyder, Ak. Drove to bear viewing area upon arrival just to see what was there. Stewart, BC is all paved roads. Hyder, AK is all mud and pot holes and basically unfit for motor homes. But we went anyway. Had to drive about 3 miles out of Hyder to get to Fish Creek. Mid-day is not a good time to see the bears. But, we saw one Black Bear with a salmon in it's mouth crossing the road as we left the bear viewing area. We went back to town to get a camp site. Cooked an early dinner and returned to view bears around 6:00 pm when it's the best time to see them. We were not so lucky tonight. Saw one Black Bear eating vegetation, but no salmon feasting and only the one bear. It's a little late in the season so we are now hearing. Bear sightings are hit or miss instead of guaranteed. We've been a little late for best wildlife viewing this whole trip. Now we know why people fight the crowds in mid summer to be up here. Oh well! We cooked salmon on the grill tonight, have cable tv, and internet access. What else do we need? ------- Cell phone access! Nothing here and maybe nothing for days as we travel through British Columbia towards the lower 48. Brucifer, thanks for your input. Brother Tim, where are you?
Bear Glacier on the road into Hyder off of the Cassiar
Our welcome to Hyder - this is Main Street!
Another Main Street view
Town grocery store
Town Center - we turned right to go to Fish Creek
Road to see the bears
Only picture of the only bear we saw for all our trouble to get here. We were on a viewing boardwalk above him as he walked below
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