Traveling down from Watson Lake through the Cassiar - Stewart highway was AMAZING!!!  I have to label it the most visually awesome drive I have taken - mountain views! 

Coming down from the highway to Stewart you pass the Bear glacier:

  

Then yesterday I traveled in on to Stewart, went across the border into the U.S. (Alaska) looking for breakfast (it was only 8:30 am) but none was to be found in Hyder!  So I had to cross the border back into Canada - through customs (the U.S. has no one at the border, NO ONE!) to have breakfast in Stewart!!

Then I traveled back into AK to view the Salmon Glacier:

Up and up ...

  

This is the "toe" of the glacier, the ice chunks, etc.  Notice that much of it has melted on the top to only show dirt and gravel.  There is plenty of ice underneath!!!

  

You can see the water coming out from the sides and underneath the glacier here.

  

The Salmon glacier is actually in British Columbia, so you have to drive into Alaska to get into Canada to view the glacier.  Needless to say, there are no customs agents or border guards, etc.  In fact, the U.S. never acknowledges that you are in Alaska but British Columbia has a sign on the way up to the Summit of the Glacier that say Welcome to Super, Beautiful British Columbia.  So in one day, I traveled across the Canadian border three times and the U.S. border three times! 

On the way to the border the last time, just before reaching Fish Creek (a Tongass National Forest ranger staffed visiting area to spot black and brown bears during Salmon spawning days), I saw this little guy at the side of the road!!

  

Quite happy just to sit there and watch me go by while taking in the sun!


After traveling back to the Cassiar Highway and down to the Prince George - Prince Rupert highway, I turned around to view the sunset ... right at Vanderhoof, the geographic center of British Columbia!