Prince Rupert Ferry

June 8, 2011

We had a beautiful and scenic drive to Prince Rupert arriving here around noon today.  I’ll try to post some pictures of the mountains along the way.  We didn’t see a lot of wildlife on the way – one black bear, several deer, pair of loon last night, yellow rumped warbler and common yellow throated warbler.  In addition, of course some of the common birds – robin, crow, raven, etc.  last night we were especially grateful for our screened in porch.  The mosquitoes were so thick we had to zip the door open  and shut as quick as we could get in or out.  We sat in there to read a bit and also ate supper and b’fast in there.

Some pics of the ride to Prince Rupert:

Shot out of the truck window.

Prince Rupert Campsite

At Seely Lake Provincial Park, BC

Snow covered peaks West of our campsite at Seely Lake

Along the Stikine River, BC on way to Prince Rupert

So here we are – ready for the first ferry tomorrow which will take us into Alaska to Ketchikan.  We went to the ferry terminal and got our tickets and learned that we have to be there at 3:30 AM!!!!  Yuck.  We thought it was 4:30.  We glad that we went there because I don’t know how we would have received our tickets otherwise.

So, the next post will be from somewhere in Alaska.  It took us 3,450 miles to get this far :).