This morning we left Dease Lake after a good night's rest. There's no church here so we decided to have our own service in our vehicle. Annie was the preacher :-) The weather was 
OK, a bit of sun and a lot of overcast with a temperature of 3 deg C (brrrrr....). Anyway, it's a good thing we're in a car and not on a motorcycle.
OK, a bit of sun and a lot of overcast with a temperature of 3 deg C (brrrrr....). Anyway, it's a good thing we're in a car and not on a motorcycle.We're continuing to travel down H
wy 37, also called the Stewart-Cassiar Highway. This is one of the most scenic routes in British Columbia apparently and we concur with that. The road wends through all kinds of different landscapes. You may not always see the mountains, but there are always interesting things to see. There are lakes, wild mountain rivers, different forest types, marshes and snow/glacier capped mountains galore.
wy 37, also called the Stewart-Cassiar Highway. This is one of the most scenic routes in British Columbia apparently and we concur with that. The road wends through all kinds of different landscapes. You may not always see the mountains, but there are always interesting things to see. There are lakes, wild mountain rivers, different forest types, marshes and snow/glacier capped mountains galore. The road is not very good from the Yukon-BC border until about 15 km south of the Stikine River crossing. However, from then on it's like a different road, the roa
d surface is quite smooth and we now have a yellow center line and berm lines to help us stay in our lane. Until this point there are no lines and no shoulders, just a sharp drop into the enormous ditches (4-6ft deep). We saw yesterday what those ditches could do to a truck. You don't want to swerve off the road let me tell you. These ditches will swallow our Honda with no trouble at all. As I was saying, the road is now really very good and we can drive at the posted speed limit of 100km/h with no trouble.
d surface is quite smooth and we now have a yellow center line and berm lines to help us stay in our lane. Until this point there are no lines and no shoulders, just a sharp drop into the enormous ditches (4-6ft deep). We saw yesterday what those ditches could do to a truck. You don't want to swerve off the road let me tell you. These ditches will swallow our Honda with no trouble at all. As I was saying, the road is now really very good and we can drive at the posted speed limit of 100km/h with no trouble.At one point we saw a young gri
zzly bear across our path and had to stop to take pictures of course. It didn't seem afraid at all, it just ambled across the road, stopped for awhile to look at us and then sauntered off into the woods. We didn't see the mama bear unfortunately, or maybe it was just as well. That could have been an encounter of the wrong kind if it involved her cub.
zzly bear across our path and had to stop to take pictures of course. It didn't seem afraid at all, it just ambled across the road, stopped for awhile to look at us and then sauntered off into the woods. We didn't see the mama bear unfortunately, or maybe it was just as well. That could have been an encounter of the wrong kind if it involved her cub.We took quite a number pictures along the way. Unfortunately, being quite high up in the mountains we had also quite a bit of rain. So far, the weather has been anything but summer like with the exception of both times that we were in Whitehorse. Even in the rain, the scenery is still beautiful though.
I also have to retract my earlier comments about the lack of signage and washroom facilities in BC. Although along the Alaska Highway in BC the absence of both was bothering us, along the Stewart-Cassiar highway, the BC government has seen fit to place name signs at each creek crossing and bridge. Also, there are rest stops with washroom facilities every 50km or so. I can't quite understand why along this far less travelled road the facilities are there but not along the Alaska Highway. Oh well, who can understand the thinking of government beaurocrats anyway.
We arrived in Smithers in good time and had no problems finding a decent place to stay for the night. Smithers is quite a nice town and it makes us feel like we're bac
k in civilization again. Up until now, you can drive for an hour or more and not see any sign of civilisation except the highway, no houses, no hydro lines, no cell towers, no radio stations, just nature as God created it.
k in civilization again. Up until now, you can drive for an hour or more and not see any sign of civilisation except the highway, no houses, no hydro lines, no cell towers, no radio stations, just nature as God created it. Well, we had another good day. Tomorrow we hope to get to Williams Lake, it's about 600km from Smithers so it's another driving day. I'll say goodbye for now to all my blog readers and I'll catch you on the flip side as they say (I think that saying originated from the old disc jockeys when they had to go to a commercial when flipping the old vinyl records for the next song).
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