Day 38 6/5/15
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| Entering Smithers, BC |
We got on the road a little before 9am
after a late night battle with a mosquito invasion. Never figured out exactly how they got in but
we have several suspicions and are going to take steps to protect ourselves as
we move deeper into hostile territory!
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| Nestled in the woods |
Following the recommendations of
several helpful folks in the local market, we are now armed and ready and the
cracks are filled so off we go continuing West on Hwy 16 with high confidence
in our ability to head off the mosquito attacks.
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| Glacier vier from the campground |
Our path today is along the Frasier
River as it gets smaller the higher our elevation.
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| No crowds here! |
About 1:30, we passed through Smithers,
a beautiful little tourist and skiing oriented town at the foot of snow covered
mountains with glaciers.
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| Imagine the rocks covered with fishermen. |
We decided to stop in Moricetown (a
First Nation village) as we had seen an ad for their municipal campground along
the highway. Atop a bluff above a river
gorge is the town museum (not open until mid June) and a very nice campground with
sites both in the open and nestled against the trees. An old native who was apparently the
caretaker wouldn’t take our camping fee.
He said, “ If they come around later, you pay otherwise you don’t.” They didn’t.
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| Museum on the bluff |
After setting up in the woods to get
some shelter from the wind, we had a nice walk around the camp and museum and
spoke with a man and his daughter about the river gorge below. He told us that in a month or so, the fish
would be running up the river and the narrow gorge made for a perfect place to
harvest them. We were too early for the
mobs of fishermen but then our campground had only 3 other spots taken – you
win some and lose some.
Odometer: 81785 Miles Today: 163 Total Miles: 4585
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