So Many Damn Lakes We've Lost Count

There was once a movie called "If It's Tuesday, It Must be Belgium".
We sort of feel that way..."If It's Anyday of the Year in British Columbia It Must be a Lake". That doesn't really follow in an alliterative sense but what the hell, you get the gist.
They have so many damn lakes...no joke here kind readers...look left, lake...look right, lake...look up - you guessed it, lake. And the really incredible thing, they are all drop dead gorgeous.
The lakes constantly change their image throughout the day - dawn yields the soft morning sun at 5 AM which shows off her magnificent beauty on until dusk around 11 PM when the sunset orange is still quite evident...it really is indescribable but most definitely palpable and not lost on this observer. You have to see it to feel it, trust me on this.


Lake Meziadin in all her glory at sunset (10:30 PM or thereabouts)...it will stay this light until around midnight...and it never really gets dark. Taken from our campsite at Lake Meziadin, sweet.

So, what have we've been up to you ask?
Well, here at Lake Meziadin (pronounced Mezy-Ad-in) we have found a most tranquil hang. Here for yesterday, last nite and leaving tomorrow and for Dease Lake (no way, another lake?) along Highway 16, the Yellowhead Highway, which in about 500 miles will hook us up with the famous Alcan Highway, built hurriedly during WW II by the US Army Corps of Engineers to head off a Japanese attack on Alaska - very interesting story, Google it if you care to.

Besides a shit ton of fishing (not catching, by the way!) we went on into Alaska today. The AK border is a mere 50 miles from here accessed thru the BC city of Stewart to the AK city of Hyder

If you want to chuck it all, live with 40 feet of snow during the winter and bee-u-tiful summers then Stewart, BC/Hyder,AK is the destination for you. Absolutely the most sincere and coolest people we've met along the way..so down to earth, no pretenses...just happy to be alive in the most beautiful spot on earth and free to do what they want.

Just don't be one of the s---heads, 'cause they will definitely call you out.



Traveled along a 30 mile, gnarly, beater gravel road to check out the Salmon Galcier, the fifth largest in Canada. Debbie and I were both thinking on the trip out there, when is this abuse going to end? Well, end it did and in magnificent fashion...here is the toe of the Salmon Galacier...check out that blue ice.

Get a good look, not planned to last much longer...maybe another 50 or so years, a blink of an eye in geologic time. We were standing some 500 feet above it and could hear the glacial ice creaking and groaning....soul bending.

OK, now for a couple of practicalities that may or may not be of interest and I'll close it out for tonight.

First, the mosquitos...these things are no joke up here. They number in the thousands and the little bastards are tough as nails. They will bite you THRU your clothing. Advice is to wear long sleeve T's, full length pants, socks, shoes and DEET the shit out of yourself. I am starting to get used to the little fellows (with proper safeguards) but it's been tough and a bit annoying. But, this place is so magnificent, bugs or no bugs, you know?

Secondly, the exchange rate on the US dollar has been very pleasant indeed. I withdrew 200 Canadian dollars from an ATM the other day, checked the bank statement later in the day and it debited our account a mere 154.87 US dollars...SWEET! Good time to visit Canada, those savings will purchase a lot of mosquito repellent.

See, after all it is a ying and yang kind of a world, 'eh?

That's it for now folks, thanks for hanging in with us. Love to all as I wait for the damn sun to finally set, guess I'll go out and wet the line one last time for today, wish me luck.

Oh, one more thing - sorry for the lack of photos in this post...the internet connection here at the campground is total crap and they took FOREVER to upload. I'll try to do better next time. Nighty nite.