North to Alaska

Mom and Dad's latest email:

We went north to Alaska yesterday finally. We're in Hyder, AK which is just across the border from Stewart, B.C. This is a dump town with the main street made of gravel. We're staying in an RV camp here which is probably the nicest thing in town. the big attraction is the bears and glacier both of which we've seen, but we have to go back and see the bears this morning. It's 7:00 a.m.--not my time of day as you know, but it's Dad's and he's raring to go so I'd better get done. I always try the internet at night but it never works until morning in an RV camp for some reason. There is a river here where the salmon come to spawn and die. The bears are after the salmon of course. Yesterday we saw a grizzly in the water after a fish. It was really neat.

The salmon swim upstream you know. They look so tired. We also found out that they swim back to the stream they were spawned in. They actually can smell the water and know that;s the right place. They go to the ocean and spend a few years then come back. It's such a neat process.

We also saw this neat glacier last night. You drive to the top of it on gravel roads, of course. It was the longest 21 miles we ever driven so far. I understand the Alaskan highway has more of this. By the way Angie, we've been on Hwy. 16 and turned off onto Hwy 37 towards Alaska. Stewart, B.c is a little spur off Hwy 37 if you're looking We've got great shots of the glacier. We've seen a lot of glaciers but this is the best one yet.
Love, Mom(These are some images I got from the Internet based on what Mom talked about in her email.)