Alcan to Cassiar Hwys and South

It was pretty clear this morning when we left on overnight stop.  This was part of the Alcan Hwy east of Whitehorse towards the Cassiar Hwy.

 

This was smoke and fog.  It slowed us down to about 20 MPH.

 

OK.  Is this King Dome in Yosemite or Devil’s tower in WY?  Neither, it’s just a rock up here.

A lunch break stop.

Then we turned south on to the Cassiar Hwy and here was our first greeting, CONSTRUCTION.

This is what it looked like off and on for 12 miles.  Yes, the road is narrow even with no construction.

Then it turned into hard packed gravel road.

Then a little more construction.

Then on down the road, a gravel road under construction road for 17 Miles.  They had a pilot vehicle for about 4 miles of it. 

There were fun fun spots.  We pulled over to a small lake.  This man had just caught a Northern Pike.

The water was crystal clear. Almost an underwater picture.  I couldn’t get Carol to go underwater and take a picture looking out.  I offered her my speedo suit too!

More pictures.

Then these two pictures.  I think they are so cool.

It’s one of those Kodak moments…..

Back on the road.  You might see some reflection or even bugs at times in these photos.  There were not many places to pull over.

We did stop at Jade City and saw this neat little European RV.  Look out USA manufactures, they are coming…

 

Carol is trying to figure what this is.  We all know it’s an old bath tub for men.

This place does it own mining & designing of Jade.  We were told that a lot of Jade comes from the Cassiar area.  I suggested that they put some jade in their roads.  I did walk away with a small jade moose and
Carol got a jade kitty. Both were very small ($).

I like eagles and moose.  I don’t have any eagles but I do have a few moose on my computer desk.  I have collected four now over the last couple of years.  Each one has a story.

Just another lake down the road. There is a house in the center.

 

Meanwhile back to the gravel road.

This is our little Honda after most of the dust blew off of it.

 

Here is where we are parked and ate dinner.  We have driven 350 miles today.  We might move a little closer to Hyder later on, now that it’s beautiful weather with blue skies . 

See Ya………….