Sunday, August 1, 2010

Just can't say good bye...

So....we were officially out of Alaska, on our way to the lower 48 via the Alcan Highway.
While free-loading in Whitehorse, we decided that going back in the Alcan was going to be boring. Especially the portion of Whitehorse to Dawson Creek.

So, on a whim, we decided to take the Cassiar....with a bit of apprehension, since we knew that this highway has rough portions and some unpaved ones. We rode for about 20 miles on it...and were about to turn around. It was a rough ride!

But we stuck to it and I am glad we did. This route is s-p-e-c-t-a-c-u-l-a-r.
Along the way, we had the opportunity to enter Alaska....again! A remote location in the south-eastern tip.

I think that some of the best photographs of Alaska, are going to come from this area.

We have not been updating blogs or checking email because this area is so remote that there is no cell signal nor internet. I am typing now from a WI-FI hot spot in a general store...quite charming.

In this area, my cell phone went from 1 bar, to "No Service", to "You gotta be kidding".

Well that is it from now, I will upload photos from this gorgeous area soon.

1 comments:

Matt said...

Nice job--you made the right choice! The Cassiar is indeed worth all the wear and tear, and is the only way to drive to Southeastern Alaska. Hyder is an amazing place, and I've already seen the pics from Salmon Glacier. That area was almost (but not quite) as beautiful as Utah. I rank beauty by the disbelief factor of what I'm looking at (1 being a McDonald's and 10 being the Northern Lights over Zion). Hope you managed to pick up some of that lovely Jade :)