After two epic days of driving through BC, we finally arrived in Dease Lake.
Monday morning we left Victoria on the 8am ferry, did some errands and exchanged a rental vehicle in Vancouver, and then took off for Hope. We drove up the Fraser Canyon through beautiful sunny weather, stopped in Cache Creek for fuel, had dinner at a lovely Italian restaurant in Williams Lake (The Log Cabin Capital of the World). Quesnel was our final stop for the night, at a classy motel called "The Talisman". Great showers. Comfy beds. What more could you want? Free breakfast? That too!!
Tuesday we got up and hit the road for Stewart, which is right on the Alaksa border. We drove up through Vanderhoof(The Geographic Centre of BC), Houston (Home of the World's Largest Fly Rod), and Smithers (Home of Where We Each Bought 2 Months Supply of Beer and Bug Dope). We had to race time to get to Stewart before the restaurant closed, but we made it. After a hearty dinner of whatever they weren't sold out of, a few of us (Bram the Dutchman, and Olivia the Wisconsonian) trekked out to Hyder, AK, seeing as it was only three kilometers away. Some of the others wanted to come but didn't have their passports, so it was only the three of us. We attempted to go get 'Hyderized' at the Glacier Inn, however they were closed on account of it being summer solstice. LAME! So maybe next time. After a lovely conversation with the border patrol guy, we walked back to Stewart. I'll post a photo in a few days, but wow is it bright here until about 11:30pm or so. No need for a flashlight until about then. It's great.
Wednesday morning, we had simultaneously the worst and most expensive breakfast ever. We hit the road, and drove all day to get to Dease Lake. Beautiful road, but no gas stations. We were down to about 60km of fuel left as we drove into Iskut, which was the last place we could get fuel before Dease Lake. These towns are all spaced about a tank of fuel apart, I think someone planned this....
Dease Lake: Holy WOW is this ranch ever beautiful. We have mountains on all sides, some rolling hills, and lots of trees. The house on site is a beautiful log cabin. It runs using solar power and a generator, with satellite TV and internet. We'll be setting up the office tomorrow, so until then no photos, as we can't all plug our laptops in. We'll have our own generator, and it'll be super pimp. The only bad thing are the bugs. And holy crap are there a LOT of them. Big ones, small ones, mosquitos, no-see-ems, crazy things that are huge, spiders.....Wow.
Dease Lake is a bit of a cultural gem. The scenery is beautiful, the people are great, and it's just awesome.
This is gonna be an awesome summer.
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