On Saturday, we met Nigel and Sandra of Doin’NotDreamin’, who camped next to us at Clements Lake.  Last night, Sunday, we returned to Clements Lake, and found that they had returned here as well.  They had attempted to get up to the Salmon Glacier with their Class C motorhome but had to turn back when the road became to narrow.  This morning they headed out a bit before us, and we figured we would both stay at the same camping area at the North end of Dease Lake.

Another cloudy morning on Clements Lake:

I headed back into town to buy diesel and mouse traps.  I also visited the visitor center and picked up brochures for the next leg of our trip.  Maybe it’s because of the permafrost that gas station fuel tanks are all above ground in this part of Canada?

We drove back out towards the Cassiar Highway, once again passing amazing views.  A hanging glacier is just visible in the saddle at the skyline:

I couldn’t help stopping again at Bear Glacier:

Heading North of the Cassiar Highway, we lived by the rule of “don’t pass gas” and stopped at every available gas station.  They were 100 to 200 miles apart, and prices got up to $1.67 per liter, which is $6.35 a gallon. I tried not to think about it too much.

After the first 100 miles, the Cassiar becomes a narrow chipseal road with no center line.  At one point, we passed by a herd of horses next to and on the road:

Around 8pm, we reached Sawmill Point Recreation Site on the North end of Dease Lake, another free Forestry Service campground.  The temperatures are pleasant, but the mosquitoes are getting worse and worse as we head North.  Nigel and Sandra must have stopped somewhere else:

There are some interesting folks in this lonely corner of the world.  One RV overnighting here had a wood stove installed in it, complete with chimney coming out the side of the RV.

As we went to bed, we spotted a mouse in the RV.  So much for the hope that the mouse we saw last night had run out before this morning.  We set out the traps we bought in Stewart and hoped for the best (from our perspective).

See the trip map for today’s drive.