Nowhere

The next time someone talks about being in the middle of nowhere I intend to stop them. I HAVE been in the middle of nowhere. It is called Hyder, Alaska. Remember the TV show “Northern Exposure?” Picture a smaller town on the water (the Portand Canal – an arm of the Pacific). Dirt roads. No TV or radio. No police or medical care.

The town sits on the border with the bustling metropolis of Stewart, BC (population 600). To give you an idea of how remote Hyder is, they don’t even bother with US Customs coming into the town. There is no place to go from there, so why bother?

The main attraction to tourists is the Fish Creek Wildlife Viewing Area. I’m sure Judy will go into that in detail, so I won’t. Suffice it to say that it was really neat.