The 4th of July was celebrated in Canada as we traveled down the Cassiar Highway from Junction 37 to Iskut, about 200 miles. Most of the travel was through green mountains and by lakes. This road is known for not being in the best of condition but so far it is much improved over what it was 8 years ago. We stopped for sometime at Jade City which by no means is a city but a store selling jade.
There are no cities on this highway and barely anything that could be called a town, just a few houses/stores here and there. Jade is mined in the Cassiar Mountains and according to the “Milepost” 90% of the world supply of jade comes from Jade City. We did see wildlife today in our travels- stone sheep, a fox, and 2 black bears. It is always exciting to see animals in the wild. We are camped tonight at Mountain Shadow Campground just north of Iskut in British Columbia. This is a beautiful campground in a rural setting with some snow top mountains around and a lake that can be seen from the campground.
We haven’t see the town of Iskut but tomorrow we will pass through and probably stop for gas for the vehicles before continuing further south toward Hyder, Alaska.
This evening after eating dinner Tom, Travis and I walked to the lake that is near the campground. We met up with Larry and Sadie.
Sadie loves having sticks thrown in the water and then swimming out to retrieve them.
Travis wants no parts of water. It was a nice walk and we did see a couple bald eagles.
We have seen sunshine and blue skies at times today although we also have seen showers of rain. The lady here at the campground says that this is to be the last rainy day for a spell and it is expected to get hot.
