Start Location: Prince George, BC
Ending Location: Smithers, BC
Miles Today: 232
Trip Miles: 780
States Visited:1
Provinces Visited: 1
Low Temp: 56.6° F
High Temp: 74.1° F
Min Elevation: 1559'
Max Elevation: 2884'
Route Map:
Alaska - Day03
Today was a reasonably easy day. We left Prince George around 8:45 and
pulled into Smithers by 2:30 in the afternoon. We planned short days,
or at least low mileage days, since we had no idea what the roads would
be like. As it is the roads continue to be in good shape with no real
problems. We have to slow down going through the small towns but there
really aren't that many towns. We did go through several construction
zones but the delays were minimal. We were surprised that they were
working on Saturday but, as we thought about it, the window for doing
road work is probably pretty short and they have to take advantage of
every opportunity.
We
were afraid we would hit rain today but only ran into several light
sprinkles but nothing to worry about. We did put on rain gear mid
morning but only to guarantee that we wouldn't hit heavy rain and it
worked.
The towns here in BC are very nice and very
clean. They all have very nice visitor centers as well as parks and
recreation areas. We have seen very little litter anywhere on the roads
or in towns.
We are heading for Stewart, BC and Hyder, AK in
the morning. Again we have a short day - only about 200 miles. As we
get closer there are fewer towns and fewer services so we have to be
careful about gas. There are two stretches toworrow where there are no
services, one is 40 miles and one is 90 miles. We can easily go over
150 miles on a tank of gas and that's usually before we hit reserve
which is another gallon in the tank and then we have the gallon in the
trunk so we aren't worried at all.
Apparently the best
viewing is from 6:00 to 9:00 in the morning and then again in the
evening. We plan to check out the viewing area in the afternoon and
then check the condition of the road to Salmon Glacier as well.
Although we may get some rain tomorrow, it looks like Monday will be
dry so it should be the best time to head to the glacier.
If all goes well we will turn around and head home Tuesday after seeing bears and the glacier.
