Tuesday, September 18th
Day 25
Got off to an early start at 7:30
this morning. Decided that we would drive to Stewart, BC and Hyder, Alaska
(last day to be in Alaska) to see if we could see some bears. So started back
out on the Cassiar Hwy then took Hwy 37 to Stewart. It was about 50 miles to
Stewart. Saw some neat glaciers and visited Fish Creed Wildlife Viewing area.
Negative results on bears there, but did see some Sockeye salmon and one golden eagle. Returned
back to the Cassiar and headed for Prince Rupert. Along the way we were able to
catch a glimpse of some bears several different times. We were pretty excited. We stopped and ate
dinner at a rest area. While checking out the view, I noticed one of the tires
was going bad. Thought there was a station back at Hwy 37, so we drove back and
of course, there was no station! Such a quandary! We could drive back to
Stewart or continue on towards Prince Rupert. Started back towards Prince
Rupert with the closest services about 75 miles. We have roadside assistance,
but no way to make cell calls out in the middle of the wilderness—no service! Driving
at 40 mph decided to take a chance and see if we would change the tire. These
are 80 lb. tires and the suggested jacking sites are blocked by attachments on
the RV. Finally able to get the jack on a cross-member, get the 8 lug nuts
loosened and change the tire. Ouch! Our backs are killing us. Took about 1 ½ hours
and really threw the schedule off. Found an RV park in Kitwanga BC and pulled
in there about 7:45 p.m. Tired but relieved that we are rolling on 4 good
tires.
Changed our plans and will not got
to Prince Rupert now, but instead will head to Prince George which will help us
be a little farther for tomorrow. This will ease some of the distance we have
left to Seattle.
MILES TODAY 388 Total 7555
The peeps got up before the sun
came up. They seemed ready to roll. Dad made some egg sandwiches, brewed some
coffee and off we went. The weather was a little cloudy so the peeps were
disappointed. We finally stopped and took a break. There was a lot of grass so
I enjoyed it. We then drove through a lot of big hills up and down. I saw some
frozen water hanging on the mountains. We then drove to a town that was on a
big body of water. The peeps got all excited and said they were going to look
for something called a bear. They came back with sad faces. No bears. We then
took off back up the same hills. All of a sudden the peeps stopped and were
jumping around looking out the window. I saw some big black hairy thing and
gave him a woof! He looked like he was eating the bushes—yuk! I think we saw
one or two more of these hairy things. Dad would not let me out to chase them.
Boring! We then drove up the road, stopped and finally ate some chow. Drove
some more. Stopped. The peeps had to fix the moving house. We then drove on, went through some place
with lots of trees with no leaves that had faces on them—strange! Finally found
the place with lots of other moving houses. Dad took me for a walk and I’m going
to bed. Goodnight.
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| Got to keep moving on these breaks--bear country! |
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| Did someone say bears? |
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| What's that big black thing? Woof! Woof! |
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| Who ever heard of trees with faces and no limbs? |
Sorry had to laugh at the tire story.
ReplyDeleteI'm not laughing at the tire story. I would be in no position to change a tire on my Sprinter. What was the problem with the tire that caused you concern??
ReplyDeleteHow many miles on the set of tires when you left on the trip? I'm going to try and time my Alaska trip so that I have 6 new tires to start and hope they last the whole trip. (fingers crossed)