Shelly found a $20 bill in the parking lot! We're rich! Funny money up here!
There was a Mcdonalds with wifi in the Walmart, so we sat there for an hour and caught up with worldly events. We face timed with Erica, and found out it is raining at our house again. We have only been gone a month, and got more rain at our house than we did for 5 months before we left. Whatever it takes. Everyone around us might pay us to leave the state when it gets dry. We checked out Beaumont provincial park on the route. It is a great looking park with paved roads, nice bathrooms, ( up here they are called washrooms), and only $16 per night. We wanted to get further down the road, so we skipped this park for now. We found Sunset lake forest campground, about 4 miles south of Topley. The first mile was paved, and the gravel road wasn't bad. It is a secluded campground on a nice lake. And free. Have I mentioned I like this kind of camping?
We sat by the fire, and listened to the loons.
On Tuesday, we drove north on the Cassier highway to meziadin provincial park. We chose a non power site on a hill above the lake. The sites are $18/ night and we paid $5 for wifi.
Our camp at Meziadin provincial park
Shelly at the lake. We haven't gone swimming or inner tubing yet!
We drove to Stewart, B. C. And Hyder, Alaska today! We made it!Hyder, Alaska!
Bear glacier on the way to Stewart
Shelly on the bear viewing boardwalk near Hyder
Shelly again
We weren't sure what to expect in Hyder, but found it to be almost a ghost town, and not sure if it is because it is early in the season, or just not thriving anymore. We didn't see any bears, but it was over a month early before the salmon are running. Back at meziadin, we were planning our route, and decided to start heading south. It is 1300 miles to Anchorage, and about $1200 in gas alone to get there and back. We can say we've been to Alaska now. And I realize going to Hyder, is like going to Dumas, Texas, and saying we've seen Texas. We have seen so much spectacular scenery, everything the past few days have been ho hum. Onward, southward! I am already looking forward to seeing the Pacific Northwest. So many places, so little time!
This is Clements lake campground just outside of Stewart, B. C. A beautiful campground, but the Mosquitos were attacking with a vengeance. We had debated on staying here before we went to Meziadin.
We drove south, and stopped at Kleanza creek provincial park about 15 miles east of Terrace, B. C. We are in a rain forest, and parked 15 feet from the creek. 
This is one of the prettiest campgrounds we have stayed in. We hiked to the top of the bluff, and took pictures of the waterfalls in the canyon. They just don't do it justice. You can't hear the roar of the water, feel the mist, or get a sense of how much water is going through the canyon. After living in the drought for the past decade in Texas, it amazes me how much fresh water there is here. I think they should share at least a little of this water.
Shelly about 70 feet above the water.
I hiked the trail up the canyon, while Shelly volunteered to wash clothes in Terrace. We were both happy with this. I panned for gold, and after about twenty minutes of freezing my hands, I had found one tiny flake of gold. Not getting rich this way. I decided the real treasure here is the hike in the rain forest. Now I am rich with memories!
We visited with Dave and Shelly, who gave us advice on campgrounds to see. They recommended Tyhee lake, so we plan on stopping there tomorrow. Now it's tomorrow, which some say never come, but as we can see, they are wrong, because today is tomorrow. No wait, today is yesterday's tomorrow. Ugh. Anyway, we did not stay at Tyhee, but drove to Beaumont Provincial park, and stayed for a night.
The weather is nice, and we enjoyed a cool night by the fire again. Almost like camping! We saw another black bear near the road again, but by the time I stopped and got the camera out, it was walking away. That is the fourth black bear that was camera shy.
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