Saturday, August 20, 2005
On the Road Yet Again
Margaret, Ed and I headed down town to check out the Toaster Museum but they wouldn’t let us in — closed for renovations they say. After a tour of the tourist shops (all three of them) we headed out of Stewart. Our eventual destination is Vancouver Island. The weather was better than on the way in so we were able to see some of the great views. There was an abundance of waterfalls due to all of the rain and many of the glaciers were visible. Bear Glacier is the largest of the glaciers along the road.
The milepost guidebook mentioned an Indian village with many totem poles so we decided to take the short detour off the main road to see them. We also stopped in Hazelton to see the Hagwilet Canyon where we saw some rock climbers scaling the sheer walls below the bridge.
We stayed in the Zellers parking lot in Smithers with about a dozen other rigs. Zellers had a large sign indicating that Rvs could park overnight.
Bear Glacier, at its exit
a close up view of the water draining from the base of the Bear glacier
Totem poles at the Indian village of Gitanyow
This single lane bridge spans the Bulkley River at Hazelton
A view of the canyon below the bridge and the river
Climbers make use of the near vertical walls of the canyon below the bridge
Another smaller canyon of the Bulkley river
The milepost guidebook mentioned an Indian village with many totem poles so we decided to take the short detour off the main road to see them. We also stopped in Hazelton to see the Hagwilet Canyon where we saw some rock climbers scaling the sheer walls below the bridge.
We stayed in the Zellers parking lot in Smithers with about a dozen other rigs. Zellers had a large sign indicating that Rvs could park overnight.
Bear Glacier, at its exit
a close up view of the water draining from the base of the Bear glacier
Totem poles at the Indian village of Gitanyow
This single lane bridge spans the Bulkley River at Hazelton
A view of the canyon below the bridge and the river
Climbers make use of the near vertical walls of the canyon below the bridge
Another smaller canyon of the Bulkley river
If you wish you can sign our guest book
We have added a web page with a map of our current location and route to date