Tuesday (16 Jul ) morning around 8:30 we left our overnight parking spot heading for Kamloops to meet our military friend who we served with on two base ( Holberg BC and Sioux Lookout ON ). Both bases are in the middle of nowhere. They insisted that we park in their driveway as they live on the outskirts of town where driveways are longer then a car's length so there was lots of room for us.
We have been to their home 2 or 3 times in the past 20 years but we had to uses Carroll's trustee GPS to worm our way thru the city of Kamloops. Unfortunately, Kamloops has 2 seasons; winter and construction and we drove straight thru a "war zone" in the middle of the city because our GPS said so. Luckily, a detour got us right back on the street we needed so all was not lost.
We finally reached our friends place ( Marg and Joe Barker ) and we swamp stories about our families , military friends , both alive and dead and about our travels. They spend their winters in Montserrat and have done so for 30 years and yes we did visit them many years ago. Montserrat is not our cup of tea as it is too laid back. By 11 PM we were all "talked out " and called it a night. Cheers
Sunday, 21 July 2019
Summer Trip to BC to see friends and relatives
We left home on Sunday 14 July for a 10 or 12 day trip to BC in our MH. Our first stop was at our son's place for overnight which allowed us to see our G/kids once again. Our main reason for the trip ( besides using our MH ) is to see our G/daughter Amanda and her family which we have not seen in 4 years. Boy! does time fly.
Added to the trip will be a visit to a military buddy in Kamloops and another one in Horsefly Lake east of Williams Lake.
The trip from home to Okotoks is about as boring as 1942 newspaper and we have done it way too many times.
On Monday morning around 9 AM we left Todd's place and according to my trusty iPhone maps and Carroll's useless GPS, both said we could reach Reverstoke around 4 PM , BC time. Both where right but the traffic problems tried there best to make us later. When we got close to Canmore there was a traffic lineup for miles at a snail's pace. The hwy dept was doing some line painting, therefore both lanes had to merge into one and the paint truck was only traveling about 20 Kmh. I'm fairly sure I could hear the swearing and it wasn't all coming from our MH.
Then sometime in the early afternoon an 18 Wheeler decided to park his Rig on its's side in the median. That cost us another 1/2 hour but luckily the tow truck had not got around to up-righting the rig yet or we would have spend a few hours parked there. I watch the TV show "Hwy to hell " so I know how long it take to get an over-turn rig out of the ditch.
After a lunch break by a Pull-off on a lake we continued on as we deduced that we could still make Revelstoke by 4 or 5 PM.
However somewhere near Salmon Arms on a straight stretch of BC hwy another driver of an 18 wheeler fell asleep at the wrong time and parked his Rig over the embankment. The Tractor section had already been removed and the trailer was being unloaded so the tow trucks had not block the road yet so that only cost us 20 mins.
Even thought we did run into some paving crews we did get to Revelstoke by 4:30 and we found a place to park for overnight. It was a 5 acre paved lot with outdoor bathrooms and was obviously made for trucks to stop for the night. It did have a sign that said please limit your stay to 8 hours so I decide our "stay time clock " would start at Midnight.
Before parking for the evening I had to refuel and I chose the Shell stations as the price of fuel was all the same Price and I had an Air Miles card and I could use the miles. There are no truck stops in Revelstoke and our MH is 30 ft long and the tow is 20 ft. On top of that the fuel filler is at the rear of the MH and I was taking on about 200 L. With our length I will either block the traffic at the front of the MH or block the traffic at the rear of the car. I tried three times to use a pump that would not block the traffic but it did not work. Finally I went across the street to Chevron station that was practically void of customers where I could fill up without blocking anyone. I got fuel for 1.39.
We returned to the Truck stop and grab a space where we did not interfere with any Trucks. We spent a peaceful however some dork had 5 acres and he chose to park 3 feet for us. Cheers
Added to the trip will be a visit to a military buddy in Kamloops and another one in Horsefly Lake east of Williams Lake.
The trip from home to Okotoks is about as boring as 1942 newspaper and we have done it way too many times.
On Monday morning around 9 AM we left Todd's place and according to my trusty iPhone maps and Carroll's useless GPS, both said we could reach Reverstoke around 4 PM , BC time. Both where right but the traffic problems tried there best to make us later. When we got close to Canmore there was a traffic lineup for miles at a snail's pace. The hwy dept was doing some line painting, therefore both lanes had to merge into one and the paint truck was only traveling about 20 Kmh. I'm fairly sure I could hear the swearing and it wasn't all coming from our MH.
Then sometime in the early afternoon an 18 Wheeler decided to park his Rig on its's side in the median. That cost us another 1/2 hour but luckily the tow truck had not got around to up-righting the rig yet or we would have spend a few hours parked there. I watch the TV show "Hwy to hell " so I know how long it take to get an over-turn rig out of the ditch.
After a lunch break by a Pull-off on a lake we continued on as we deduced that we could still make Revelstoke by 4 or 5 PM.
However somewhere near Salmon Arms on a straight stretch of BC hwy another driver of an 18 wheeler fell asleep at the wrong time and parked his Rig over the embankment. The Tractor section had already been removed and the trailer was being unloaded so the tow trucks had not block the road yet so that only cost us 20 mins.
Even thought we did run into some paving crews we did get to Revelstoke by 4:30 and we found a place to park for overnight. It was a 5 acre paved lot with outdoor bathrooms and was obviously made for trucks to stop for the night. It did have a sign that said please limit your stay to 8 hours so I decide our "stay time clock " would start at Midnight.
Before parking for the evening I had to refuel and I chose the Shell stations as the price of fuel was all the same Price and I had an Air Miles card and I could use the miles. There are no truck stops in Revelstoke and our MH is 30 ft long and the tow is 20 ft. On top of that the fuel filler is at the rear of the MH and I was taking on about 200 L. With our length I will either block the traffic at the front of the MH or block the traffic at the rear of the car. I tried three times to use a pump that would not block the traffic but it did not work. Finally I went across the street to Chevron station that was practically void of customers where I could fill up without blocking anyone. I got fuel for 1.39.
We returned to the Truck stop and grab a space where we did not interfere with any Trucks. We spent a peaceful however some dork had 5 acres and he chose to park 3 feet for us. Cheers
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