Sunday ; Today was supposed to be sunny and hot. BUT ... it was cloudy with light rain. HMPH !
This morning we drove into Keremeos to run a few errands. On the way home we drove past Riverside RV Park Resort and almost to Hedley to check our secret, wild apricot tree. Lots of fruit, but not ripe yet.
This afternoon we prepared for departure tomorrow morning on our four day road trip to Edmonton and back to pick up a large travel trailer and a motorcycle. Similkameen Trailer Towing is a far more profitable venture, with less work, than Similkameen Day Tours was.
Monday ; Keremeos to Tete Jaune Cache, B.C.
Today ranged from sunny and hot to cloudy and cool with a few drops of rain.
This morning we prepared for departure and set off on our four day road trip to Edmonton, Alberta and back. We travelled west on Hwy. 3 to Princeton, then north on Hwy. 5A to Merritt and Hwy. 5 to Kamloops. At Kamloops we found our way to Princess Auto where I needed to buy something. We refilled with diesel before leaving Kamloops, then headed north on Hwy. 5, covering a lot of miles, all the way to Tete Jaune Cache at the intersection of Hwy. 5 ( north / south, following the Thompson River ) and Hwy. 16, the Yellowhead Highway ( east / west, following the Fraser River ). Tete Jaune is French for Yellow Head.
We refilled with diesel again at Valemount, shortly before reaching Tete Jaune Cache, and we stopped at Jackman Flats Provincial Park to hike briefly, giving Bo an opportunity to burn off some of his excess energy from a long day of being in the truck. We checked in to Tete Jaune Lodge where we had reserved a lovely, small log cabin on the bank of the Fraser River. While Joanne prepared our picnic supper I retrieved phone messages. There was an urgent message from our client, the lady whose trailer we are picking up in Edmonton.
I returned her phone call ! She was having some manner of "crisis" and wanted to cancel our pick up and delivery of her new trailer. WHAT ? ! ? After driving 590 km. / 369 miles you want me to turn around and head back home ? ? ? No problem at all ! Your invoice will be for $590, one dollar for each km., reduced from my normal trailer delivery charge of $1.25 per "loaded" km.! ! !
I suggested that she sleep on the matter and I would phone her again in the morning to get her final decision on whether we should continue to Edmonton or go back home.
I lit a campfire. We had a wonderful picnic supper. We walked down to the Fraser River and chatted with two couples from Ontario for awhile. I'm typing this at 10 PM. Its still daylight. I'm sitting at the picnic table outside our cabin, looking up at Mount Robson, the highest point in the Canadian Rockies.
Tuesday ; Tete Jaune Cache back to Keremeos
WOW ! That was the most uncomfortable mattress any of us have ever slept on ! Nobody got much sleep.
This morning when we were ready to leave I phoned our client in Edmonton to find out whether her crisis was resolved, and whether we were continuing on to Edmonton, or returning back home. She was crying. We headed for home !
Today was sunny and hot, a pleasant day for a long drive. We stopped in Kamloops to run some shopping errands at Princess Auto, Rona, and Canadian Tire. We stopped in Princeton to buy some groceries. We arrived back home shortly after 8 PM.
Wednesday ; Today was sunny and hot.
Considering we weren't even supposed to be home today, we certainly were busy with household chores. I did the 222,000 km. inspection on Lanoire. What a great truck ! And ... I sent an invoice to our Edmonton client. Sure hope I get paid !
DSK
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