Sept. 20 – BC, Canada/ WA
Saturday, September 24th, 2005Day 50 – and still driving… I took a wrong turn, or really I should say – I didn’t take a turn and went straight down hwy 37 that turns into hwy 37A to Stewart. It was probably the best thing we’ve done this trip. The detour drive was so so beautiful. Winding down the smooth road between sharp towering mountains we drove towards the clouds that were just lifting out of the valley ahead of us. As we came around one of the bends the surprising view of a medium glacier that was radiating the morning light shining through the clouds and sitting in a small pond with chucks of ice floating around. I would love to wake up to this sight everyday. The rest of the drive down to Stewart had unlimited amounts of waterfalls coming down from the ridge of the mountains to the huge river bed below. Of course there were no pictures taken, it was too early – and the co-pilot was still sleep. The accidental detour put us an hour and a half behind, but we reached our goal of arriving in Seattle that night. It was a 2.30am arrival – but nice to sleep in a bed instead of the car.
One of the three rainbows we saw today. You can’t really tell in the picture, but it was so bright – looked just like a neon sign and as we came down a hill you could see both ends of it landing in a field in the valley – plus a second rainbow right above it. It was really impressive – neon rainbows…. only in ‘Super, Natural British Columbia’ – that is their welcome sign slogan.
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