Well here we are on Day 4 of the adventure and the first time I have had a chance to get online. I have limited internet so until I get to a better spot, no pictures, sorry. On to the tale.
Day 1: (Saturday) Reno to my brother's house in Buckley, WA (near Tacoma). Long drive, nothing exciting other than the drivers on I-5 through Oregon almost drove me postal...
Almost forgot, broke a bolt on the airbag mounts on the truck, so I had to let all of the air out and ride all on the springs only, not that the truck can't/isn't designed for it, but the air bags just make it nicer.
Day 2: (Sunday) Drove from Buckley to Vernon, British Columbia (Hwy 97). On the way, we stopped at a Home Depot in Washington and fixed the air bag mount, filled it back up with my CO2 tank and were back in business. Crossed the Canadian border with no problems, exchanged some money and headed north to Vernon. Pretty hard to booddock around that area, so we stayed at a campground on a lake (expensive for just water/power, $40ish).
Day 3: (Monday) Got up the next morning and had breakfast at a Tim Hortons, which is a Canadian icon. It was ok, not sure why the Canadians are so crazy about it.
Drove from Vernon north on Hwy 97 to Hwy 16 and northwest. Pretty much rained/drizzled all day. We found a place to boondock on a dirt road, next to a lake. We were backing down a road to get away from the two other campers, and it looked like just a small mud hole, nothing to be concerned about right??? Well that freaking thing swallowed my truck. We grounded the landbarge and I couldn't back up, because I was bottoming out the camper on the right rear corner. And I couldn't go forward, because the edge of that hole was too steep to get out of. The truck just couldn't pulll itself back out. Did I mention it was getting dark? The one guy who had been outside his truck, he had no choice, he had locked his keys inside the truck and was trying to jimmy it open, asked the other guy, if he could pull us out. Luckily I had a tow strap and D shackles. A quick pull and we were out. Pulled forward, helped the guy finish breaking into his truck and called it a night.
Day 4: (Tuesday) Got up and hit the road 0530 am. We continued up Hwy 16 to the junction with Hwy 32 to the Hyder AK/Stewart, BC and worked our way up Hwy 32 (Cassiar Way). Incredibly beautiful mountains with snow fields, glaciers and lakes o' plenty. We were making good time when we got stopped in Iskut, BC, which is a small wide spot in the road, due to an accident (fatal) that had the road blocked. We were stopped at around 1530 and were told that it would probably be closed for 6 hours. We turned around and drove south for a few miles and grabbed an RV spot for the night.
To be continued....
Jack
Day 1: (Saturday) Reno to my brother's house in Buckley, WA (near Tacoma). Long drive, nothing exciting other than the drivers on I-5 through Oregon almost drove me postal...
Almost forgot, broke a bolt on the airbag mounts on the truck, so I had to let all of the air out and ride all on the springs only, not that the truck can't/isn't designed for it, but the air bags just make it nicer.
Day 2: (Sunday) Drove from Buckley to Vernon, British Columbia (Hwy 97). On the way, we stopped at a Home Depot in Washington and fixed the air bag mount, filled it back up with my CO2 tank and were back in business. Crossed the Canadian border with no problems, exchanged some money and headed north to Vernon. Pretty hard to booddock around that area, so we stayed at a campground on a lake (expensive for just water/power, $40ish).
Day 3: (Monday) Got up the next morning and had breakfast at a Tim Hortons, which is a Canadian icon. It was ok, not sure why the Canadians are so crazy about it.
Drove from Vernon north on Hwy 97 to Hwy 16 and northwest. Pretty much rained/drizzled all day. We found a place to boondock on a dirt road, next to a lake. We were backing down a road to get away from the two other campers, and it looked like just a small mud hole, nothing to be concerned about right??? Well that freaking thing swallowed my truck. We grounded the landbarge and I couldn't back up, because I was bottoming out the camper on the right rear corner. And I couldn't go forward, because the edge of that hole was too steep to get out of. The truck just couldn't pulll itself back out. Did I mention it was getting dark? The one guy who had been outside his truck, he had no choice, he had locked his keys inside the truck and was trying to jimmy it open, asked the other guy, if he could pull us out. Luckily I had a tow strap and D shackles. A quick pull and we were out. Pulled forward, helped the guy finish breaking into his truck and called it a night.Day 4: (Tuesday) Got up and hit the road 0530 am. We continued up Hwy 16 to the junction with Hwy 32 to the Hyder AK/Stewart, BC and worked our way up Hwy 32 (Cassiar Way). Incredibly beautiful mountains with snow fields, glaciers and lakes o' plenty. We were making good time when we got stopped in Iskut, BC, which is a small wide spot in the road, due to an accident (fatal) that had the road blocked. We were stopped at around 1530 and were told that it would probably be closed for 6 hours. We turned around and drove south for a few miles and grabbed an RV spot for the night.
To be continued....
Jack
