Day 16: Dry roads and a chance to appreciate the splendour of Highway 37A as it climbs away from Stewart and up to the Bear Glacier. Scenery on a par with the Icefield Parkway. Decision time at Meziadin Junction; do I take the Cassiar north and loop round through Watson Lake or retrace tracks to Kitwanga and Prince George. The fast disappearing tread on the back tire dictates the shortest way home.
Just south of the junction; halfway round a left hand bend: a grizzly bear. Walking along the roadside concrete barrier. With no time to stop or turnaround before reaching the animal; I flick on high-beam, blare the horn and aim straight at it. Finally getting the grizzly’s attention, it hops off the barrier and down the bank. In all probability muttering,“Damn, those KTM horns are pathetic.”
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