British Columbia - July 20-30

After our visit to Skagway, we turned south and began the trip home.  We traveled down the Cassiar Highway in British Columbia with a short detour to the little town of Hyder, Alaska and its neighboring town of Stewart, British Columbia.  As we headed south, we crossed a wide variety of terrain. There were areas of green rolling hills;  very dry areas that looked like something you would see in an old western movie;  mountain ski resorts around Whistler; and coastal regions around Vancouver.   We also felt like we were crossing back into civilization. After traveling roads where we might see a handful of cars in several hours of driving, the traffic around Vancouver took some adjusting!

Hanging glaciers near Hyder, AK

Bear Glacier near Hyder, AK

Salmon Glacier near Hyder, AK

Salmon Glacier

Salmon Glacier

Hyder Alaska

Bridge River Canyon, BC

Chasm Gorge, BC

Mountain Goats near Chasm Gorge

Chasm Gorge

Fraser River Canyon, BC

Totem Pole in Gitanyow, BC.
Gitanyow has one of the largest collections of old totem
poles in British Columbia

Gitanyow, BC

Nairn Falls along the Sea to Sky Highway, BC

Brett and Celina at the top of Whistler Mountain, BC

Chairlift to Blackcomb Mountain in Whistler

Peak to Peak gondola between Blackcomb and Whistler Mountains.
It is the longest unsupported gondola span in the world.  It is 1.88 miles between
the two towers.  The entire distance between the two stations is 2.73 miles.

Views from the top of Whistler Mountain

Peak Express Chairlift on Whistler Mountain

Olympic Rings on Whistler Mountain

Steam powered clock in Steamtown Vancouver

Snow in Vancouver!
They were setting up to film a movie which must be set in the winter
as they were dumping truck loads of crushed ice and spreading it around so it
 looked like there was snow on the curbs

Penguins at Vancouver Aquarium

Vancouver Aquarium

False Killer Whale at Vancouver Aquarium