Prince Rupert, British Columbia - Hixon, British Columbia

Day 31 – Monday, August 29 2005
Prince Rupert, British Columbia – Hixon, British Columbia
Miles Driven: 500
The ferry docked in Prince Rupert, British Columbia at 5:45 AM Alaska time, 6:45 Pacific Time. It took about forty minutes before we were off the ferry and through customs. The original plan was to drive the 1,500 miles from Prince Rupert to Donnelly in about five days, taking our time and camping along the way. However; we decided on the ferry that we had seen what we wanted to see and were anxious to get home so we would pick up the pace and make the trip as quickly as possible. About 50 miles out of Prince Rupert we spotted a pack of wolfs on the side of the road but couldn’t get a picture of them. We traveled east on the Yellowhead Highway that follows the Skeena River and then turns south. South of Smithers, BC we saw Babine Lake, the largest natural lake in British Columbia and said to have the biggest sockeye salmon run in the world. It would be fun to come back to this lake with a boat to do some real fishing. We had planned to stop in Prince George, about 450 miles from Prince Rupert, but I was driving at the time and drove right past a couple of motels thinking there would be others once we turned south on Highway 97. Well I was wrong, and we ended up driving another 50 miles to Hixon, British Columbia. Lucky for me there was a nice little motel, the Kreekside Motel and Campground that had a vacancy. We ate some sandwiches we had picked up along the way and crashed after a long day. No pictures of this part of the trip, we were out to make time and didn’t stop for photos.