Dease Lake, BC

Ignore the map. We had no service last night and most of today.

Today was a long drive over some roads without highway paint/lines. Pretty hilly with some wood plank a d metal grate bridges. It rain a little and then snowed. It is 45 F at Dease Lake.

We slept until 7 am, which is late for us. Last night in Stewart, we ate at a really good Mexican restaurant (think fine dining) where all 45 town folk came by to say high and all the travelers to Alaska ate. We were waited on by a 13 year old boy. We had breakfast at Temptations Bakery run by Trudy. By far, the two meal highlights of the journey.

On our drive today, we saw a black wolf. We looked for caribou at Gnat Summit Pass, but when it was raining and started to snow, we moved on.

Tonight, we are at Water's Edge RV park, which is on a beautiful lake but is underwhelming in terms of amenities. No electricity or showers. Wifi is $5, so we passed on that. Bathrooms are pit toilets. It is on a lake which is nice. It picked it because it was advertised in the Milepost, but we probably could have had the same cheaper campsite with the same amenities at another location in town.

Since it is cold, Phil wanted to eat out again. There aren't many choices in Dease Lake, so we are eating in our pickup at The Shack, which has just opened for the season.

On our way back to the campsite, we saw a black bear. We watched it eating grass and other vegetation for about 20 minutes, just 20 yards from the pickup.Read more