NTA Day 44

There are a lot of challenges related to a trip to Alaska, but today wins the gold medal.  We awoke this morning to snow in Dease Lake!  It was just a smattering at first, with the white stuff sticking to leaves, and we decided that we should go on south.  But in this part of the world you need to consider the effects of elevation on the nature of precipitation, and as we climbed going south, the snow intensified.  At its peak we were dealing with maybe three inches of the white stuff, as evidenced by the photo of the picnic table.  This resulted in slushy conditions on the highway, and of course slow going.  Note also in the photos that snow in August does little to slow down the highway crews, who were laying asphalt on Sunday in the snow.  Try that in North Carolina!  Anyway, we successfully made the trip to Lake Meziadin (pronounced Mez-e-AH-din), where we checked in to a lovely lakefront site in the provincial park.  Tomorrow it's a side trip to Stewart, BC and Hyder, AK to see the Portland Canal and the glaciers of the Coastal Range.  Milepost 7359.
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