Sunday, September 27, 2009

SEPTEMBER 16 WEDNESDAY

Dad’s birthday - 79!!
Left camp at 6:30 Alaska time. Nice drive today and there is not very much traffic. All of the leaves are turning and the colors are beautiful. Stopped at Rancheria Falls for lunch. We have not seen a bear since we left Haines and there are not any "signs" that the bears have been on the road. Got fuel at Hwy 37 - $1.09 per litre. The Cassiar Highway runs from the Alaska Highway to Highway 16, a total of 450 miles. The first 50 miles were the worst - lots of construction. We drove 104 miles on the Cassiar and stayed at Dease River Crossing. This is a nice park on a lake but it rained so hard we could not even go outside. 368 miles today.


Rancheria Falls




Pilot car on the Cassiar Highway - REALLY!
Upper 50 miles of the Cassiar Highway



Dease River Crossing after a heavy rain