Another long driving day on the Cassiar Highway. We had a high animal count day and I actually kept count: 1 moose, 2 grizzly cubs, and 5 black bears. The southern half of the Cassiar is quite different compared to the northern half. It is much drier, more vegetation, and different trees like quaking aspen. We did see some craggy tall mountains with incredible glaciers on them too!
We stopped at Bell Lodge to get gas and they had some helicopters landing and taking off there. They were prospecting for mining operations and bringing supplies to miners way in the mountains. The boys loved the break to watch them!
Finally around 6:30pm we found an informal campsite right off the highway. The mosquitoes came out with a vengeance. After we put the kids to bed it. Was. Awful! More and more and more kept coming into the camper and they were ruthless. Beau and I stayed up for 2 hours killing mosquitoes and trying to figure out how they kept coming into the camper. Finally at midnight we felt it was safe for us to sleep. We changed our sheets since there were so many dead bug bodies on it. And there were blood splats all over the inside of the camper from us squishing them. YUCK. By some miracle the boys slept through the massacre.
Belanger Family Adventures 
Having to stick pretty much to home I am so vicariously enjoying traveling with you guys…except for maybe the misquitos! Aunt CLARE
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