I am catching up on a bit of news, and the usual tedium of digital life, while sitting outside a small general store in the sunshine across from the estuary at the end of the Portland Canal in Stewart, BC. Nathan and I are still traveling together, and this serves as our vacation from the trip south. It is roughly 40 miles one way to venture to a picturesque little hamlet with the potential for great mountains and glaciers, and just up the road, some feasting grizzlies. We have been in the remote central part of British Columbia traveling down the Stewart-Cassiar Highway. This road, this time of year, and this method of travel, have all conspired to bring the passion back into this trip. We are cleaned up and will be back on the main route south tomorrow. The plan is to spend some time in Smithers, BC (4 days down the road) to do a little more of the resting and resupply that is necessary to make it to Vancouver. This afternoon we are venturing back in to Alaska at Hyder to visit a popular salmon spawning stream that is a feasting site for bears and eagles. Allegedly, a mother grizzly and her cubs have been there the last couple of days. Sorry for the long delay in my updates, a reality of the environment we are traveling through. Much more to come in a few days when I am in Smithers.