Posts Tagged ‘Day 04’
June 16th, 2009 | 
Author: 525 miles
I was pretty tired last night, so it was more a picture post, Went to bed late last night, around 12:30 am, These long days start to play tricks on you. It didn’t get dark till about 10:30 pm, and even at 11:30, there were still scrapes of daylight left in the western sky.
We got up at 4:30 am., not because we wanted to, but because the sun was up already! But still, we didn’t roll out till 6:00 am. We are slowly getting our packing down, but not yet… plus we were still tired….
Dean called us to verify that the SPOT was tracking- Our Head Stromboli has been indispensable on this trip – thanks Dean!!!
The ride west is still rather a busy route for up here – there is a bit of traffic between Prince George and Prince Rupert, BC with numerous small towns – so gas was not a concern – but Dean warned us about heading north – gas will be farther apart and not as dependable. So we picked up a couple of 2.5 gallon “Jerry Cans” (gas cans) for later in the town of Telkwa.
Our goal today was to get to Hyder Alaska, the southern most town you can get to, before turning north to the main part of Alaska (via Canada).
We stopped several times to amp up (BS with Monster and me with Coffee or Double shots, if I can find them) because we were yawning way too much. The scenery was great- glass lakes, trucks, boats, slow cars, deer and bear… But by 3:30 pm we arrived in Hyder for our “Money shot” and a glass of cold Alaskan beer.
BS in Hyder
The weather was great for most of the day, with some drizzle as we arrived into Hyder and some more drizzle as we left Hyder to start north again on highway 37. We had to stop at Bell II – because the road was closed due to a mud slide from earlier in the week and when the work crews go home – the road is close. It will be open at 6:00 am tomorrow – but this resort is awesome!
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What views!
Which way to Head?
Closed due to mud slide
p.s. We have lots of pictures, and when we have a better connection – we will post – but tonight we are on a satellite connection
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