Managed to connect to the visitor center's AP and upload the pictures via satellite.
Here's France's update
We left Prince George at around 5:30am this morning. The sun was trying to be present but it was only 10 degrees (50 Fahrenheit) so we kept the roof. We could say that the day was split in two, the first half was rainy…too bad because the road was really nice but it was impossible to take pictures. Just after, the rain stopped and we could say that the sun came to say hello. Sometime on the road, to help to kill the time, we took some funny pictures…like #4279, did you see us? Further on the road, we saw a bear with his/her baby crossing just in front of us…again the bears were faster than the photographer, but you will be able to see them on #4296. For sure there were other bears if we count the number of bear poop in the middle and on the side of the road, we could confirm this.
We can now say that the three attractions on picture 4292 are done. The bear glacier is so wonderful. To have the dune buggy in front of the glacier is for us an accomplishment. The glacier is in Canada and not in Alaska like I thought. We arrived at the guesthouse around 3:00pm. We had a problem opening the door but after several tentative, we were able to go in. Ok, the princess that I am didn’t really like the apartment. It is really rustic, but at least it’s clean. We unloaded the dune buggy and just after, we went to accomplish our ultimate goal, go to Alaska. You can see on picture 4428 that we made it to Alaska without any problems…hurray all. Tom (from TJ Kustoms, where you can buy really good stuff for your dune buggy), you could take back the “E D” that you gave to us in case of…we will keep for the remaining of our trip the “Alaska or bust.”, no E D at the end.
What can we say about Hyder…we cannot even call it a town…I am ready to say that Fasset in Outaouais is much nicer than Hyder…and that means a lot. The picture 4427 describes really well the status of Hyder…phantom town. Back to the apartment, I told Vincent that I really don’t know what we will do an entire day here…so not looking at costs, we reserved an extra night at Prince Rupert and we will leave tomorrow morning instead of Monday morning…I really don’t care about losing the money of one night…I am really not comfortable here…one night will be more than enough. This place is not bothering Vincent at all, like he said: “he spent 6 years sleeping in the woods”. Me, I am really a “luxury gal” and I need something less rustic.
For the dinner, we went to the only restaurant (I think) who seems to be okay. I ate lobster and crab and it was delicious. To give you an idea of the downtown of Stewart, look pictures 4431 and 4441. Tomorrow before we leave, we will try to go back to Hyder and take more pictures to show you what we mean by a phantom town.
