There was a beautiful sunrise this morning...
We left the campground at 8:00 and continued south on a much smoother road than we had experienced prior to Boya Lake. This is Mud Lake...
Such a beautiful day...
Arriving at Jade City...
We stopped and went in to take a look (and do a little shopping)...
While I was still shopping inside, Steve went out and took pictures of the raw jade. They don't look like much so the young man hosed them down to bring out the green colour...
We stopped for about 20 minutes and then were back on the road...
Time to turn on the lights...
Approaching Dease Lake...
Steve had stopped to make sure that the paint was dry...this line runs just as far behind us.
We stopped in the town of Dease Lake to fuel up with diesel and get gas for the generator/boat motor. Next door to the station/store, was Rumors Café that advertised free Wi-Fi...so we thought we would go in and have a coffee. Well, the "fine print" was that you had to eat something for it to be free, so we decided that since it was going onto noon, we would share a burger. After checking our email and sending a couple, we were finished there. I stopped to use a pay phone to change a scheduled appointment I had in Victoria and then we were on our way. We stopped at a local RV Park to use their sani-dump ($10 charge) and add fresh water...and then we were on the road again.
Stikine River...
Cubby of Grouse...remnants of one that didn't make it...
The leaves are starting to change colour...
Tatogga Lake...
Kinaskan Lake...
We arrived at our destination, Kinaskan Lake Provincial Park at 2:20 p.m....280 kms/174 miles from Boya Lake. Most of the lakefront sites are quite close to each other...odd for a provincial park, but I imagine they were wanting to utilize the lakefront as much as possible. We backed into one spot and went for a walk to check out other sites. We chose one that was a little more private and easy to back into (again...gotta love sites on the curve in the road). 
We ended up not having to unhitch the truck which is nice when we don't need to go anywhere. Steve just let out the air in the rear suspension of the truck to lower the front of the trailer...and voila...we're level! We got all set up and Steve even off-loaded the boat...he loves campsites right on the lake where he can have his boat right there. We sat enjoying a beer before attempting to set up the satellite dish.
I walked down to the information kiosk to check what the generator hours were while Steve started getting ready to set up the satellite. While I was walking through the campground, a herd of horses came running through and I didn't have my camera with me!!
After trying five different locations for the satellite, with no luck, we gave up...no internet and no satellite TV at Kinaskan Lake...but it is such a beautiful spot! We had just finished eating our dinner sitting in our chairs by the lake when the park attendant came by the collect...$16/night, no hookups. We had a nice chat with her...she lives here year round.
It was going onto 8:30 by this time so we decided it was time to head inside. Steve watched a PVR'd show while I updated my notes and played a little Sudoku on the iPad. Then we called it a night...Steve is looking forward to getting out in his boat fishing tomorrow. Hopefully, he has better luck than at Boya Lake!
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