Cassiar Highway

Who is that masked man????? This is pretty typical biker attire that we are seeing up here. Talking to the locals, they are all pretty upset that they aren't having any sun. Every day has been cloudy with at least some rain. Getting tired of clouds and rain. Would really like to see this country in the sunshine!!!!!
Here are a couple of shots once we got on the Cassiar Highway. It was 147 miles from the Alaskan Highway to Deese Lake where we are staying tonightl


Went through Jade City. I didn't realize until we got up here that 75% of the jade mined in the world comes from right here. That is pretty amazing when you think about it. Think of the people throughout the world that use jade in their worship.

The road wasn't too bad. We've been told that it was horrible, not bad, and everything in between. The first 12-15 miles was pretty rough. Then, most of it was okay until the last 20 miles before Deese Lake. We had 16-17 miles of dirt (or mud as the case may be). Takes awhile to travel 16 miles when you are only going 25-35. Everytime we tried to go faster, it either got slick or potholes appeared.

We've added gas cans to the bikes. Decided there might be a couple of places where we might not be able to get gas. On the ride down, I hit a pretty good bump, heard a noise and looked in the mirror in time to see my gas can go sliding down the road. It had bounced loose. Dave avoided it, stopped and picked it up. I went back, put it back on the bike and fastened it a little better. Good thing it was a plastic can and not metal or the sparks might have started a nice little fire.

Plan on making an easy day tomorrow to Stewart, doing laundry again and checking out the town. It is on the British Colombia side and Hyder, Alaska is right across the border from it for those of you checking maps.

Better get off. Dave is ready to do his. He had trouble with the connection he was using last night, so really wants to get something good posted tonight.