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Day 53-62: 2-11 Sep 2008: The Cassiar Highway: a wonderful wilderness with hills, gravel, jade, wildlife… and people

Of course we took the road less travelled Highway 37, The Stewart Cassiar Highway, or simply The Cassiar Highway. All names for this infamous road, almost 1000km long, known for the lack of services, bad weather, bears and gravel patches. The latter issue had been solved we had been promised, but the other? 2nd [...]

1000 Americans: Willy Williams, Stikine River ranch

September 5, 2008 by Harry  
Filed under 1000 Americans, Friendly people

Holly Eden from Dease Lake had told us to visit Willie if we had the opportunity. Willie is one of those persons that can fill a documentary all by himself. We arrived late, uninvited but were welcome and spend hours talking about his history, present and future. We talk about the history of the Tahltan people [...]

1000 Americans: Jay and Debbie, Midway Services

August 15, 2008 by Harry  
Filed under 1000 Americans

“I went fishing with my sister one day. Day was my one day off in 26 years…” “So what gun did he use on that bear? That’s stupid. A wounded bear is dangerous.” “if you want to stay for the night, you can camp or you can stay in the old in the back. And the [...]

Day 32-34: August 12-14 2008: Tok Cutoff to Tok: About sun, mountains, lost pants, life in a bus..

August 15, 2008 by Harry  
Filed under Alaska, Friendly people, Go green, North America, Trip reports

after we woke up in our church, we noticed that it was actually dry! Not only that, but the weather improved during the day. Oh, how life is so much easier with some sun. I know we will curse it later when in the heat of central America, but for now it was very welcome. We [...]