The drive from Teslin to the Cassiar Highway was uneventful, though we did see a small male moose on the side of the road. Lunch at the Golden Nugget was good – an old-time place with home-cooking by a semi-grumpy old man. He was funny and friendly . . . but he had a little edge to him. My club sandwich, however, was really good.
The Cassiar is a beautiful highway, and very clearly, fall has arrived in Canada. We kept seeing trees that have been lain over by wind or rain or something. We learned once we arrived at Dease Lake that about two weeks ago, three feet of snow fell in the area, and the snow weighted down the trees. We have been seeing the trees for two days – it must have been some storm!
The jade factory has not changed, but it has gotten bigger. The jade mine is quite interesting, and once they mine it, they send it to China to have it ground into objects – dice, bears holding a fish, and other such trinkets. Then they are shipped back to the mine for them to sell.
Before arriving at the factory, however, Willie did his thing again. This time, Don was able to reset it without coming to a complete stop, which was great – but on a fast four-lane, it would not be very cool! Katie suggested that it might be caused by water, since we were driving after a rain, and that very well may be. Which might be a problem on Tuesday, as rain is forecast for then.
We arrived at Dease Lake in time for me to pick some raspberries and gather three stalks of Canadian rhubarb.
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| These leaves were even larger than the ones I cut in Haines Junction! |
I plan to add some raspberries from home to them and make RhuRasp jelly when I get home. I think it will be very good! We were also hoping to see the aurora, as it was supposed to be very active. Unfortunately, once again in Dease Lake, the weather was cloudy, just like 6 years ago. GRRR.
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