Stewart/Hyder

We have been driving the Cassiar Highway from Watson Lake south.  This is the 3rd park in a row that has said no uploading of photos, Skype etc.  They have given a reason, something about the internet providers shutting down sites when there is too much use (pigs) they are called.  Life in rural BC.
The road from Cassier highway to here is called the Glacier Road for good reason.  We saw many on the road in.  Yesterday we drove up to Salmon Glacier, the largest glacier accessable by road in north America.  I drove 16 miles on gravel road.  We would have complained had this been the highway but because we were sightseeing it was OK.  Gary and Ken would have turned around about mile 10 but I was driving and I wanted to get this view of the glacier.  We drove up an old mining road and ended up higher than the glacier, looking down on it.  It is huge and a gorgeous overlook. 
The other reason to come here is that when the salmon are spawning on Fish Creek the bears are there feasting, fattening up for the winter.  The people are on a platform above the creek looking down on the activity.  It is truly amazing.  We have seen a black bear with her cub, several grizzly's.  Seeing them catch a fish and eat it in real life is amazing.  Poor fish however.  The best times for watching are 6-9 AM and 6-10 PM.  Yesterday we were there after 6 pm.  Went back at 7:00 AM when we saw so many bears.  I cant believe the fish know to be frightened of the bears.  When the bear walks in the creek the fish scatter.  It is really shallow so they make lots of splashes.
 Stewert is in BC and Hyder is in Alaska.  The towns are side by side.  Stewart has businesses and seems to have lots going on though the population is around 3-400.  Hyder is considered by some to be a ghost town.  We had a nice chat with the General Store owner.  We said it didn't seem ghostly but his response was that we should be here in the winter when they get 40 feet of snow.  Yikes.
Well, hopefully this will save and publish.  More when we have better internet, maybe home!
These photos are not any any order, they ended up scrambled...

Salmon Glacier, it was huge and awesome to see it from this vantage point.  As I said, well worth the drive.

Toe of the glacier and resulting lake.

Bears, bears and more bears.  Fun to see this sow and her cub. 

The mom got frightened of a grizzly down  stream.  She sent the cut up a tree.

The night before the glaciers and bears we camped  at a RV park near the town of Iskut, Shadow Mountain resort.  We were in the shadow of the mountain and on this beautiful lake.

Traffic jam at the gas "station". This is a small town with only 1 open gas station.  There were RV's lined up in both directions for 1 gas pump and 1 diesel  pump.  The only attendant was also the waitress in the restaurant.  Once you pumped you went inside, told the attendant how many liters you pumped and she figured out your bill.  We had made it through, Gary is returning to the truck.

Ken and Garnet are waiting for the attendant to help them.  Quite a place, but when you need gas you wait.

Hyder, AK calls themselves the friendly ghost town.  Here is an example  why they have the title.

Bear Glacier, which flows to Bear River on the road to Stewart.

Here is the boardwalk where we viewed the bears in Fish Creek.  This keeps the humans in the cage and the bears in the wild.

 Good catch.

I like her expression.  This grizzly got in trouble in Hyder last year and was relocated.  She found her way back for the salmon to fatten up on this year.  The bears are gaining weight fast getting ready for winter.