7/2/19 - Day 4 - Yellowhead Highway, Highway 16
Another sunny morning! After a breakfast of cinnamon roll french toast, we were on our way again. Today's goal... drive further than we have been or we'll never even get to Alaska! At Prince George we headed west on the Yellowhead Highway, Hwy 16. It connects Prince Rupert on the west with Alberta. From that highway we will head north on the Cassiar Highway.
This is a fairly flat highway and it reminded us of Minnesota: flat land, low trees, and many lakes. I suppose that is why they call part of this area the "Lakes Region". We stopped in to check out Beaumont Provincial Park just out of Vanderhoof. It was a great looking campground, large sites, separated from other sites, and it had a nice picnic-swimming beach. Maybe that will be a stop on our return trip.
We ended up stopping for the day just past the little town of Telkwa. It is a tiny town, but has a cute walking path along the river. It was nice to stretch our legs there, albeit a short stroll. There are some high peaks to the west, but there was a haze today that made it hard to get a good photo. As we drove in to the Tyhee Lake Provincial Park campground, a little black bear ran across the road a bit in front of us. We did catch him on the dashcam, but it is just a little speck.
We did get in more miles today, about 250. Tomorrow we should make it to the Cassiar Highway, possibly go check out the Hyder-Stewart area and the Fish Creek Wildlife Observation Area.
One of the many little ponds or lakes along the way. |
We ended up stopping for the day just past the little town of Telkwa. It is a tiny town, but has a cute walking path along the river. It was nice to stretch our legs there, albeit a short stroll. There are some high peaks to the west, but there was a haze today that made it hard to get a good photo. As we drove in to the Tyhee Lake Provincial Park campground, a little black bear ran across the road a bit in front of us. We did catch him on the dashcam, but it is just a little speck.
This pretty flowering bush smelled delicious! Anyone know what it is? |
We did get in more miles today, about 250. Tomorrow we should make it to the Cassiar Highway, possibly go check out the Hyder-Stewart area and the Fish Creek Wildlife Observation Area.
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