Stewart / Hyder

Day 72, Friday, 8/28: Woke early and were on the road by 7:30. Hoped to see some critters but no such luck… Certainly spent a lot of time looking though. Not much traffic at that hour, but then there is never what you would call traffic this far north! Stopped to get fuel at a First Nation community called Iskut and waited for about 5 minutes for someone to show up to turn the pump on. Guess they weren’t all that concerned about customers! Headed down the road to Bell II (the second crossing of the Bell-Irving River), and had breakfast at Tatogga Lake Resort. Nice restaurant with one person doing the cooking and everything else. It was a ‘help yourself’ kind of place. You ordered at the counter, got your own coffee, and when your food was ready you came back to the counter to pick it up. Very good food and huge portions! We have leftovers for tomorrow morning! I heard it mentioned that she was staying open until mid-October. A good portion of these places are closed for the winter months.
Bell I (the first crossing) was an interesting place and we got a picture. It is a big heli-skiing place in the winter and had a lodge, and lots of cabins. We thought of Bell when we were at these places (we miss her!).

On down the road toward the junction to Stewart/Hyder. The drive west from the junction is awesome! Huge mountains on both sides of the highway, with glaciers, fast moving rivers, and waterfalls. We were wishing they had more places to pull over for pictures. We did see a black bear crossing the road and got a few pictures of it. Arrived at the Bear River RV Park about 2:00. It is close to Stewart but not in town. We unhooked the trailer and will stay here two nights so we can do laundry and go see the grizzly feeding area in Hyder. This RV park recommends that you don’t walk around after dark as there are bears and wolves that visit! They don’t allow tents or soft-sided RV’s here.

Showers are a wonderful thing!! When we camp remote we try to conserve water so we don’t have the opportunity to shower every day. Lately, it has been every 3 days and that is pushing it! It feels absolutely wonderful to be clean again. Nice to have
Wi-Fi to check e-mails, do the blog and banking, etc. We love camping remote but after a week it is nice to have the amenities. Tomorrow we go to see the griz’s….