Today was a much nicer day, and the sun was shining. We headed towards highway 37 which takes us to Alaska.

Along the way we stopped at a historic town of Hazelton which was beside the river. Nobody was around, it was like a ghost town.

Further along the road we turned off to see some Native American totem poles, which look very similar to the Māori ones.

We saw a black bear feeding on the side of the road, but he took off when he saw us showing him an interest.

We finally turned off the 16 and onto the 37 which is the Stewart cassiar highway which will take us to the Alaska highway.

We turned off onto the 37a, a 45 min scenic detour to the town of Stewart. It was an amazing drive through mountains and a massive glacier you could see from the road.

Stewart is a quaint little town on the Alaskan border. You can drive to Alaska from here but the road soon runs out, so we’re not going that way. We walked out on a boardwalk that goes over the estuary. It’s weird being so close the the sea again and we could smell it.

We didn’t like the campgrounds in town so we headed back towards the Alaska highway. We turned off down a dirt road surrounded by trees and after a short drive, found the most amazing freedom camping spot beside a lake with the snow capped mountains behind. It was perfect!