September 2nd: To Campbell River

Not too long a drive; we started out having breakfast in a bookshop / cafe, one of several we’d found. On the way out of town passed several teachers who were on a picket line, looking very damp, then another look at yet more bald eagles.
As it was a generally damp start to the day, we just headed for Campbell River and its Museum, which had both First Nations art, items about their treatment in the early days, and then moved into more of an overview of the earliest European settlers, with plenty of things to play with.
By the time we’d got to our hotel, the sun was out, and we had an ocean view. Fabulous!

August 30th: To Prince Rupert.

A 3rd fairly long drive, this time from Smithers to Prince Rupert. After breakfast in a rather nice German (Austrian?} bakery in the “downtown”, we headed down the Yellowhead highway again, this time aiming for The Hazeltons as our first stop. This is an area with a lot of First Nations people, and the ‘Ksan museum, which has replica long houses, and is used as a place for local youngsters to learn all the traditions, so they have lots of different artefacts, some old, some new. The guide was very enthusiastic, and demonstrated several of the dances etc. No photos in the huts (would have been pretty dark anyway, flash wouldn’t have worked really), but some outside, when rain could be avoided.

Prince Rupert wasn’t the most exciting place, but we managed to get a table with a view for dinner.