Today's bear count - 2 - one being the biggest black bear either of us has ever seen, strutting his stuff in the middle of the road, even I was getting twitchy he was that big, Wifey was very quiet.........
Bell Two bridge on the Stewart- Cassiar highway has been undergoing crucial maintenance following it being struck by an over-height truck and load a few days ago, and its only open for an hour, then closed for three hours on and off during the day, so it was imperative that we got there in good time. We did, I rode straight to the front of the line, pulled off my helmet and lit a cigarette, before I had finished my smoke the flag girl had us start our engine and prepare to cross, perfect. Perfect is how I would describe this day.
I have been using all the superlatives I can think of in the last few days to describe the scenery and experience of riding through this land, but today I don't have any words that will do it justice.
Lunch break was taken at Kinaskan Lake Provincial Park
Then it was onto Stewart B.C. / Hyder Alaska
and the magnificent Bear Glacier on Highway 37/a
We checked into the superb Ripley Creek Inn and set-off up 25 kms of dirt-road to see the glacier and then headed back to Hyder and the Glacier Inn.
There is no U.S. border to cross into Hyder but sadly when returning the Canadian border post is actually a stones throw from the pub so getting "Hyderized" was not an option.
STEWART - CASSIER HIGHWAY - Great road, surely one of the worlds best.
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