August 8-9, 2009
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We headed down the Alaska Highway and very soon ran out of the smoke. We stopped at Rancheria Falls and it was nice but not as spectacular as the falls we had seen along the coast. We turned South on the Cassiar Highway crossed into British Columbia again. We ran into about 20 miles of construction where the road was gravel and rough and wet – we could only go about 20 miles per hour. We saw some mountain goats beside the highway – 2 ewes and 3 or 4 lambs but we not able to stop and take a picture. We stopped at an overlook of the Cassiar Mountains, it was cloudy but we did get some good pictures. We read that 90% of the world’s jade comes from the Cassiar Mts. In British Columbia. We stopped at a store called Jade City and looked at their beautiful jade jewelry and sculptures. A few miles down the road we blew a tire on the 5th wheel. While Rex was changing the tire an older couple from Montana stopped. They stayed with us until Rex was finished changing tires and offered to follow...