Blog for September 6, 2016
We drove just a few miles in The Yukon this morning, actually, just one mile, before we turned off the Alaska Highway onto the Cassiar Highway and across the border into British Columbia. I think that’s “Goodbye” to the Yukon, just in time to beat the snow closings.
The Cassiar Highway travels through the Cassiar Mountains. There are lots of stories about the old days, driving the Cassiar Highway when it was a narrow, gravel road. Dramatically improved in recent years, it is still narrow with a chip/seal surface, although there was a good 50 - 60 mile stretch that had been paved in asphalt this year.
This morning we were on work detail - we were de-parkers - which we did from 8 - 9 a.m. This was a special treat because usually de-parking is from 7 - 8 a.m. We were just lucky, I guess. Anyway, when we were sitting down to breakfast, Frederick looked out the window and exclaimed and I immediately jumped up for the camera. Sunrises don’t last long!
Fall foliage in a fire damaged area along the early part of the Cassiar Highway.
71 miles along the route we stopped at Jade City, population 50. Jade City is not a city but a highway community made up of one jade business; Cassiar Mountain Jade Store. There are several major jade mines in the Cassiar region. The miners in the Cassiar Mountain Range produce about 1 million pounds of jade each year, and half of that is exported.
Out in front of the gift store there’s a free jade-cutting demonstration.
Approaching the Cassiar Mountain Range with…
cloud covered mountain peaks and rain.
Needlepoint Peak and fall foliage.
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