July 26th, 2014 Smithers to Prince Rupert 

This morning we went for breakfast at the A&W in Smithers. There seems to be one in every small town in BC. We hit the road at around 10:30. The drive again was amazing. Today it is glaciers, rivers, motor homes with boats. We stopped at numerous rest stops to look at the scenery and just wonder at nature .

Glaciers and waterfalls. The seven sisters mountains, the Hudson Bay mountain. 

In Moricetown we watched the native folk catch salmon in the Skeena river. We went to talk to them. Friendly, informative and eager to share their knowledge.

The Skeena river is huge, long, clean and full of fish. Just amazing and wonderful to see. There are many signs up here. Some for the pipeline saying support jobs, some against saying we need clean water and salmon. 

The trees are huge. We also saw many frogs and lots of different plants. I keep hoping to see moose and bears. No such luck.

The weather is cool and wet. The forecast is for rain and maybe sun in a few days. Quite a bit different from the interior where it was drier and lots of hay bales.

The Skeena river is huge. It goes all the way to Prince Rupert. Wide, clean and full of people fishing. Just amazing to see the cars on the side of the road. From Terrace down everyone fishes the Skeena. 

Right now it is raining in Prince Rupert. The alarm is set for 6:00am. We catch the ferry at 10:00 am. But we have to be there at 8:00 am. Looking forward to Haida Gwaii.