Last evening we returned to the bear watching area but still no bears and no fish. The water in this creek is very clear and rather shallow so fish would be visible if they were there. We did see eagles in a nest high in the trees which we enjoyed watching as they would leave the nest and bring back twigs to add to the nest. We were unable to see any young ones but supposedly there are young in the nest.
This morning we did not bother going back to the bear viewing area before leaving this area. We just packed up, then gassed up and drove out the Hyder-Stewart Road 40 miles to the Cassiar Highway and drove south about 100miles to the Yellowhead Highway for another 100 plus miles east. We crossed the border after leaving Hyder and had to go through Canadian customs. Larry said that he felt sad leaving Alaska and I believe we all had similar feelings. We stopped in the First Nation town of Gitanyow to see the totem poles, one of the largest collections of standing totem poles in this part of B.C. It was disappointing that this collection of totem poles are not maintained very well. They are all weathered and the paint has all but disappeared.
Again the country we passed through was beautiful- green mountains with snow covered taller mountains peeking over the green mountain's tops, glacial rivers gushing down and pretty lakes. We also saw hay-making and towns that looked like the towns we are accustomed to. Someone commented we were back to civilization. (And Larry looked even sadder!!) We stopped in Houston, B.C. to see the world's largest fly fishing rod
and then for the night at the Shady Rest Campground, a very nice campground with gorgeous flowers in hanging baskets (tuberous begonias)
and flower beds of peonys, poppies, dahlias and begonias.
It has been warm today with temperatures in the 80's but not as hot as we were told in the east with triple digit temperatures.
