Alaska Trip - Day 5

Cathy was out of the tent early - bugs! No milk at the store, so no frosted crunch - too bad. Cathy and Eileen took a walk, escorted by a local guide (dog). They brought back all sorts of flowers - fireweed, yarrow & delicate purplish daisy-like things - for the cashier of the store. We lounged in the campground until 1100. As we left the KOA, we had a good laugh about the satellite dishes on the campers. Took Highway 16 to Highway 37 at Meziadin Junction. Saw a black bear along the road around 1230 - he ran away before Cathy could focus or Eileen could find her camera (great packing...). Lunch at Glacier Gulch/Twin Falls. Cathy got splashed. Saw a porcupine later in the day. We are now on a gravel road - ran about 130 miles today. Stopped to admire some huge totem poles just before dark. Found great camping cabins at the only campground we had seen in hours (Eastman Creek Campground, BC). They had a wood-stove and cots. No matches left after first successful attempt for fire - stove went out in the night. Brrrr...