Day 23 July 24, 2025 Dease Lake British Columbia to Kitwanga British Columbia 307 miles
Today is very cloudy. We had rain off and on most of the day. Good thing Rob put on more RainEx.
We ate half the cinnamon roll for breakfast. Rob had tea and Connie had luke warm coffee. We are beginning to think that is the way Canadians like it.
After filling with gas we went in the little store and bought more cookies and crackers plus a Dease Lake T-shirt. You can never have enough T-shirts.
Our exciting wildlife for the day was a rabbit and several ground squirrels. A fox may have been on the side but it ran into the brush too soon to know for sure.
Not as much construction today. One section however was good gravel road but it was on a hairpin turn going up hill. We really had to slow down causing us to lose our momentum.
The mountains along our drive are breathtaking. Still some snow in streaks going down the sides. The forest on them is thick. The tops of the taller peaks are craggy. Some of the snow patches look like former glaciers. Many times the tops are covered with clouds.
Two big logging trucks are parked in one of the pullouts. When we stopped at the junction to fuel they went by. They are headed for Stewart where the logs will be placed in the river and then barged somewhere.
As we left the fuel point we thought there was a new noise. Rob checked around but couldn’t find anything. We think it might be the passenger side door. It will not stay closed. In fact we Velcro it closed. Since the roads are so bumpy it makes a lot of noise. The headsets with a story sure help with that.
We came to the small community of Kitwanga. Connie thought there might be some lodging here but no. They do have a small free campsite. We went to the gas station which was further than expected and returned to the campsite. They actually had one pull thru and we used it.
While at the gas station a pickup pulling a flat bed trailer with 14 large round bales stopped in. We have seen the bales in the fields but this is the first we have seen loaded and transported.
The microwave isn’t working so Rob walked the short distance to the General Store to get something for supper. Turns out it closed at six and it’s now a few minutes after that. So we decided a cup of soup would do. Somehow those didn’t get packed. We ended up with the Chunky Campbell soup that the couple in the nearby camper heated for us.
The campground had one camper, one motorcyclist, one bicyclist, one pickup and us. A minivan pulled in after we went to bed. A gentleman who voluntarily maintains the campground stopped by and chatted for quite. Another very friendly Canadian.
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