55 - July 26, 27 and 28th, Whitehorse to the Cassiar Highway, Boya Lake Provincial Park and Hyder, AK
Our route since we left Tuk (and on Google Maps)
You can see our real-time current location with Garmin InReach here
Leaving Whitehorse via the Cassiar Highway into British Columbia and on to Hyder, Alaska
We continued south out of Whitehorse after filling everything and dumping everything.
By the way, excellent coffee very close to the Walmart parking lot/RV lot.
A coffee shop/bicycle shop :-)
We turned off the Alaska highway and onto the Cassiar Highway which will take us south, paralleling the coast of Alaska, but well inland.
We found a wonderful little Canadian Provincial campground, Boya Lake. There are tons of these little campground gems around. This one was on the banks of the lake who's waters were crystal clear. Unfortunately, we got there too late to get a lakeside spot. Actually, we were lucky to get a spot at all. They have a little swimming dock that I eyed immediatly. The water looked SO inviting, especially after a very hot and uncomfortable day of driving. The temps in the back of the RV were hovering around 90F all day.
Anyway, Adam and I both took the plunge into the crystal clear icy lake. I LOVED it! Yes, it was very, very cold, prob 50F-55F or so? I thought it felt wonderful though. Adam got right back out, I stayed in for about 10 minutes.There were tons of fish in the 2 to 5" range. They were nibbling gently on my legs and feet and it really tickled. When my hands started to go numb from the cold, I got out.
Homemade burgers on the grill and into bed. It turned out to be a hot night. The air didn't cool off as quickly as usual. Adam and I both had the covers kicked off almost right away. It did get dark around 11pm or midnight. Not a breath of a breeze. Inside the RV it was in the upper 80's til I finally fell asleep around 4am. It was 67F when I woke at 9:30am to a beautiful day. Clear blue sky and lots of sunshine.
We continued south on the Cassiar Highway.
We aimed south for Stewart, BC, on the Cassiar. It's adjacent to Hyder, AK. Actually, the only way to get to Hyder by car is through Stewart, Canada. In fact, there is no US Customs or Border Control. There is a Canadian one though and you have to have a passport to get back into Stewart from Hyder. Hyder sends their kids to the Canadian side for school. People in Hyder get their electric from Canada. It's an odd set up, but it seems to work well. I just felt sorry for the Canadian Customs guy. We passed through 4 times in the 2 days we were there. We had to go through the whole thing every time, passports, same questions, etc. The guard was very nice and pleasant.
Anyway, we got to Hyder, AK. Here's a New York Times article that made me want to come here.
You can see our real-time current location with Garmin InReach here
Leaving Whitehorse via the Cassiar Highway into British Columbia and on to Hyder, Alaska
We continued south out of Whitehorse after filling everything and dumping everything.
By the way, excellent coffee very close to the Walmart parking lot/RV lot.
A coffee shop/bicycle shop :-)
We turned off the Alaska highway and onto the Cassiar Highway which will take us south, paralleling the coast of Alaska, but well inland.
We found a wonderful little Canadian Provincial campground, Boya Lake. There are tons of these little campground gems around. This one was on the banks of the lake who's waters were crystal clear. Unfortunately, we got there too late to get a lakeside spot. Actually, we were lucky to get a spot at all. They have a little swimming dock that I eyed immediatly. The water looked SO inviting, especially after a very hot and uncomfortable day of driving. The temps in the back of the RV were hovering around 90F all day.
Anyway, Adam and I both took the plunge into the crystal clear icy lake. I LOVED it! Yes, it was very, very cold, prob 50F-55F or so? I thought it felt wonderful though. Adam got right back out, I stayed in for about 10 minutes.There were tons of fish in the 2 to 5" range. They were nibbling gently on my legs and feet and it really tickled. When my hands started to go numb from the cold, I got out.
Lots of evidence of past wildfires
Homemade burgers on the grill and into bed. It turned out to be a hot night. The air didn't cool off as quickly as usual. Adam and I both had the covers kicked off almost right away. It did get dark around 11pm or midnight. Not a breath of a breeze. Inside the RV it was in the upper 80's til I finally fell asleep around 4am. It was 67F when I woke at 9:30am to a beautiful day. Clear blue sky and lots of sunshine.
We continued south on the Cassiar Highway.
It was hot
We drove past this spectacular glacier
We aimed south for Stewart, BC, on the Cassiar. It's adjacent to Hyder, AK. Actually, the only way to get to Hyder by car is through Stewart, Canada. In fact, there is no US Customs or Border Control. There is a Canadian one though and you have to have a passport to get back into Stewart from Hyder. Hyder sends their kids to the Canadian side for school. People in Hyder get their electric from Canada. It's an odd set up, but it seems to work well. I just felt sorry for the Canadian Customs guy. We passed through 4 times in the 2 days we were there. We had to go through the whole thing every time, passports, same questions, etc. The guard was very nice and pleasant.
Anyway, we got to Hyder, AK. Here's a New York Times article that made me want to come here.
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