September 4, 2009 – Rain and Salmon Glacier (Sort of)

We woke this morning to rain so we just hung out around the MH.  It was so nice not to have a travel day!!

When it stopped raining we headed out.  This is the Portland Canal going to Stewart – notice the mountains!

 

Here is the first house in Hyder.  This is Storehouse #4 – one of the first masonry buildings built in Alaska (1896).  The International Marker is to the left of the building:

 

Another of the buildings in Hyder:

On the road to the Salmon Glacier, we passed over into British Columbia again – this open path designates the border.  Every 10 years, all vegetation is cut down from Hyder all the way to the Arctic:

The Valley – the road on the right is the road we took:

We went from the valley floor up and up and up.  And it started to rain.  So we got to the one glacier lookout and decided not to go another 5 miles to the top (this is a dirt road so you can imagine).  You can barely see the glacier from this point because of the clouds and rain.

The valley floor:

And one last picture when we were back in the valley:

I was disappointed that we did not get to see it but then I guess we can’t have sunny days all the time – LOL!

Tomorrow we are heading out and south so stay tuned.