July 6 Hyder Alaska

Back in Alaska!! Drove further down the Cassiar and took a turn to the west.  50 km down this road we came to the city of Stewart BC. It is a small town of 1500 people with a grocery where we got grub and as you know found 12 packs of coke for $6 a real bargain considering 10 dollars is the going price.  Then in an amazing twist of geography we crossed the border to Hyder Alaska "the friendliest ghost town in the world" .  It's got 100 people and a few shitheads (that's it's motto no kidding). There are no paved streets but there is a great restaurant that is called the bus. Why cause it's in a school bus reconfigured as a kitchen.  Best food I've had in Alaska.  We drove out a dirt road to the bear viewing site where you watch bears in the wild feed on salmon coming to spawn.  Unfortunately we are a week early and the salmon keep to a strict schedule.  They don't want to get there early because assuming they are not eaten by bears, they die after they spawn.  All together not a great system for the salmon!
Read today of yellowstones first death from grizzly attack in 25 years.  See Alaska bears are friendly and know not to affect the economic system that brings tourists to see them.  So no eating of humans allowed-a state law passes by Sarah Palin.  Unfortunatey Canadian bears don't follow Alaska law.