Two nights at Meziadin Lake allowed for some time for fishing (the loons had more luck) as well as a day trip to Stewart, B.C. and its neighbour, Hyder in Alaska. We were reprimanded for not all having our passports with us even though this is "the weirdest border crossing there is" according to the customs official. We weren't checked going into the US. There is nowhere to go from Hyder but back out. Our purpose was to go to a bear-watch station. We guessed we were too early for bears but enjoyed the trip, the lunch in the Glacier Inn in Hyder, the conversations with Americans and Canadians on either side of the border and the scenery all the way.
Still not much in the way of wildlife but we are always happy to see the beautiful little tree swallows swooping and diving after mosquitos. We walked out to the end of a board walk over an estuary and got down on our hands and knees to look at the one or two beautiful black lilies. A large ship in the distance reminded us that Stewart is a deep-water port even though it is far up an inlet. We passed six logging trucks returning empty after dumping their raw logs at the shore. The ship's cranes move the logs on board. Mines also send their gold and copper to this port.
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