Day 53. Thursday. It was a rainy day when me auf brother Raule... I miss those commercials. I have no idea where that came from. I got up around 0930hrs due to nature screaming. I had looked up an oil change place the day I arrived so I already knew where I was going, problem is the GPS map is too old and there is no street listing where I was headed so I entered in the street name and the highest number it showed. As the GPS was taking me right past the street I needed to turn at I [View Full Entry]

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Day 52. 14,615Km Today was the first day I used the AC in the truck. Summer may finally be here. I need to get the oil changed in the Dodge again so I needed to get to a descent sized city. Lethbridge or Medicine Hat were my destinations of choice depending on when I got going and how long I wanted to drive. Calgary was just too obvious and besides, I was there on the trip out. Leaving Sundre, Hwy 2 would have been the quickest route South but you've probably noticed by now I don't always take the fastest route. [View Full Entry]

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Day 51. 14,094Km Tis a sad sad day when one has to say farewell to the mountains. For some reason I was antsy in the night again. I got back to sleep around six and I thought I saw nine on the clock but when I actually got up it was just after 10. Being a travel day I would have started a bit earlier but who cares if I did'nt get as far as I had planned. By the time I was locked and loaded it was after 11 and then I had to go into town for fuel. The [View Full Entry]

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Day 50. Monday. It's been a sight filled day. I was in no rush to get up since I was'nt going anywhere except for a ride today. Several years ago my then boss introduced me to the idea of putting bacon on a chicken sandwich. Bacon being my favorite swine product, with pork rines a close second, does'nt have a bad use as far as I'm concerned and it goes nice with chicken. Why am I telling you this? Once I did get up I warmed up the remaining cajon chicken sandwich meat and some bacon of breakfast. By then it [View Full Entry]

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Day 49. 13,737Km I was'nt far from Lone Butte before I spotted the mountains again. Big mountains. The Rockies again. The trip across Hwy 24 does'nt take too long. It's less than 100Km. Once you turn North on Hwy 5 the GPS says the next turn is in 349Km. I fueled up in Clearwater, a town I've looked at on the MLS site before but after having seen it there are lots of nicer places. I'm cruising along Hwy 5 and there is a turnout for a info board and washrooms. As I'm passing buy I look over and notice a [View Full Entry]

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Day 48. Saturday. What are Saturday's for? Sleeping in right? Although I could have easily stayed ion bed longer my minimal good cense told me to get up at 12.30 so I would be able to sleep tonight. I fired up the BBQ and toasted some bread and broke out the peanut butter. I hav'nt had any in a while and if I'm going to have much more before I get home I'm going to have to restock. The sky was mixed cloud and it was a bit windy but The Weather Network said no rain so off I went for [View Full Entry]

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Day 47. 13,264Km I woke up to tent poles clanging. There was a group of teenagers here camped in about a dozen large tents. Easily 100 kids and this morning they were taking down all the tents and it sounded like they threw all the poles in one pile. One of the other tailgate party campers hooked up and left just before I did. I had picked out a few possible campgrounds knowing it was going to be tough being a Friday night. I left Whistler headed for 70 Mile House and once I reached Lillooet I called the campground. The [View Full Entry]

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Day 46. 12,929Km Here it is about 12 hours after I left Victoria and I can't even tell you exactly what time it was. I caught the 11.00 ferry with about ten minutes to spare so it must have been close to ten. I called my parents and was talking to my mom while waiting in line but had to hang up when boarding. For some reason they want you to pay attention when driving on and off the ferry. I stayed outside and took a bunch of pictures while the captain steered his ship through the islands like a slalom [View Full Entry]

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Day 45. 12,706Km. Tis a sad sad day. I have to get a grip on the fact that I'm headed home. Now I don't expect any tears since I have more time to get home than the average Joe has for his entire holidays. After I loaded up the bike I noticed a low tire on the trailer. I pumped it up some with Bob's tire pump before saying my good bye's then looked for a tire dealer to get it checked. I could'nt feel anything so for all I knew kids could have just let some air out of it. [View Full Entry]

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Day 44. Tuesday. After my shower I decided to take advantage of Bob's laundry room before my looming departure back East. The thought of returning to work really does not appeal to me. I hope it's picked up some though. The thought of sitting half a day waiting for a load... well I just don't think I'd do it. The air filter I ordered for the Dodge is supposed to be in this morning so I'm waiting on that call from NAPA. Bob wants to show me Comox Bay and there is a store that sells local art and crafts that [View Full Entry]

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