B - reporting
Very very chilly this morning, one of those days you just do not want to get out of your sleeping bag. We decided to just pack up and have breakfast in Watson Lake, which while this meant no morning coffee it did mean we were able to leave quickly-ish. It seems to take us even longer than usual to pack up when it's cold. However we were soon toasty warm with the heater on, and we found a nice diner in Watson Lake.
It was a very sunny day, and we had a beautiful drive down the Stewart/Cassiar Highway, one of Canada's scenic routes. Very windy and narrow, over golden hills and along twinkling rivers. It was a long drive, early evening when we reached the turnoff to Stewart, on the Glacier Highway.
We were looking forward to seeing glaciers tomorrow, we had heard that the road from Stewart past Hyder went very close to a magnificent one, but we were delighted to discover that the road we were on passed close to a glacier! They are quite strange, just like huge tongues of ice blah-ing into the river. And surprisingly dirty, especially at the toe, though the turquiose blue ice colour is visible underneath.
Stewart is very much a working town, a base for many of the mining operations in northern BC. I really liked it. We stayed in the King Eddy hotel, a large busy old-school place with warm comfy rooms. We escaped the icy rain by having some beers and TV in our room.
Very very chilly this morning, one of those days you just do not want to get out of your sleeping bag. We decided to just pack up and have breakfast in Watson Lake, which while this meant no morning coffee it did mean we were able to leave quickly-ish. It seems to take us even longer than usual to pack up when it's cold. However we were soon toasty warm with the heater on, and we found a nice diner in Watson Lake.
It was a very sunny day, and we had a beautiful drive down the Stewart/Cassiar Highway, one of Canada's scenic routes. Very windy and narrow, over golden hills and along twinkling rivers. It was a long drive, early evening when we reached the turnoff to Stewart, on the Glacier Highway.
We were looking forward to seeing glaciers tomorrow, we had heard that the road from Stewart past Hyder went very close to a magnificent one, but we were delighted to discover that the road we were on passed close to a glacier! They are quite strange, just like huge tongues of ice blah-ing into the river. And surprisingly dirty, especially at the toe, though the turquiose blue ice colour is visible underneath.
Stewart is very much a working town, a base for many of the mining operations in northern BC. I really liked it. We stayed in the King Eddy hotel, a large busy old-school place with warm comfy rooms. We escaped the icy rain by having some beers and TV in our room.
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| Our 1st up close glacier! |
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