Saturday 8 June 2013

British Columbia again!

Monday 3rd June
Picked up trailer at Calgary yard 7am.  Yes we were going back over to Vancouver. Arrived
early evening and delivered.
Spent tuesday morning at the park by the estuary sunbathing, we had deck chairs at last!
After lunch picked up trailer and made our way to Kamloops for the night.
Wednesday we were up bright and early and on the Highway 5 out of Kamloops and upto
Jasper.  Our destination was Edmonton.  The North Thompson river was beside us, some
times wide and smooth, other times fast and furious over rapids. We saw another bear in the
long grass by the road, he was so cute (i don`t think so!) dave drove really slowly so we
could have a good look at him (shame i`d just put my camera away)  Up in the Rockies
towards Jasper was wide and open spaces, alot of lakes with magnificent mountains all
around.  There were alot more wildlife here, we saw a group of elks and nearly had to stop
as a male was so close, he had huge antlers, it was great to see them all munching away
totally oblivious to the traffic. We bypassed Jasper which was a shame, into Pochontas
which was just a few log cabins.  Fueled up at Hinton, typically canadian/american, wide
thoroughfare with fast food places either side.  We arrived in Edmonton in absolute pouring
rain, really big drops! luckily we only had to drop the trailer in the yard.  Tomorrow we
had a load back down to Lethbridge, it was`nt going to be ready until 2pm, with four drops,
it meant driving into the evening but it was our last job.  We had the truck to clear out
tomorrow and pack everything in the car, we would then book ourselves into the Sandman
Hotel for a couple of nights and relax, have a couple of beers!
But guess what we did`nt leave the customers yard until after 4pm (no surprises there!) Dave
didnt finish until 2am!          
Thats all folks for now, dave will try and keep in touch!    

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