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Published: July 10th 2021
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Day 8. 3753Km.
I’m happy to have arrived at my first British Columbia destination and the scenery is beautiful but I’m a little disappointed with the campground itself. It’s wide open with no shade which surprises me a bit for BC but not for a KOA I suppose. I only have myself to blame for not doing better research though. When I booked this entire trip back in December I searched for what campgrounds I could book online and the KOA website is handy for that. Most campgrounds were closed for the winter at that point and there was no way to book by phone.
Shortly after leaving Lethbridge I could see the mountains. I remember the feeling of excitement from last time I first saw them when leaving Calgary. First just a dark bump on the horizon and then they slowly come into focus. I find it kind of odd how the prairies just suddenly butt up against mountains or vice versa. It’s not gradual at all. I’m not even sure what I imagined the transition would be like. The highway stays very much in the valleys to this point. No mountain passes to really test the power
of the little diesel in the Jeep. So far I’ve burnt up just over $1000 in fuel averaging 21.5L/100Km or 13.14 mpg (imperial) or 10.94 mpg (US). Oddly the worst mileage was on the prairies. I can only assume it’s the constant headwinds.
At my last fill up in Jaffray, BC I spotted a large drive through power wash. Probably for trucks but perfect for someone towing a trailer too. It was nice to get all the bug guts and smashed assholes off the front of the Jeep. I did a bit on the front of the trailer too but was nervous of the power washer peeling the decals off so that will have to wait till I can give it a good scrub by hand.
Since I’m going to be staying here for a bit it was time to unhook the trailer and take the weight off the Jeep or in case I want to drive to get groceries or whatever. The power jack on the trailer didn’t lower. No sign of life. It would go further up but not down so I knew it had power. I walked away to keep setting up camp and BBQ’d
a couple hot dogs for a late lunch while thinking about finding a place to get a new one and how I could get the trailer unhooked so I could drive there. It certainly wasn’t going to fit on the bike. Suddenly it dawned on me I could use the floor jack I carry in case I have a flat tire to lift the trailer and then just set it down on the stabilizers to remove the tongue jack. Thinking back to the cooler switch issue I decided to take the head off the jack and get to the switch to spray some contact cleaner in it. Bingo! Houston we have contact and separation.
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