It Never Ends

We have been motoring south back to the good old USA for 10 days. No issues except for the leaky tire valve. So we made it to Cache Creek BC (230 miles from the border) and we decided to stop for the night at a truck stop. They said no problem.  So I leveled the coach put the sides out and everything was good.

Than "pop" from the rear and the right side of the coach went down. I know what that was. Probably an air bag. So here we sit waiting on Coachnet to send a mobile tech to look at it in the morning. 

But we have sat tv, great internet from the truck stop, and I woke up this morning. And I am with the most beautiful woman I know. Life is good! Like every other break down we will get through it and move on.  Hell I could still be at work like some LOL.

Our view from our parking spot... Not bad...

Who Would Have Thought

We made it back to Prince George, British Columbia.  The drive was uneventful. 

We are here for two days so Maria can go to the scrapbook store. Just another stop on our drive back to SM.

Val (the oldest) and I mean the oldest child texted Maria to let her know that Mariah our grand daughter was going on a Police ride a long tonight. Guess with who? 

Yes with Officer Nicholas Giese SMPD's finest .

Who would have thought that our grand daughter would be riding along with our son (uncle nick).

Not to many years ago they were kids fighting like brother and sister.

Maria is getting old....... I'm not of course.

Can you say "Poutine"

We are still in Dawson Creek BC. We decided to wash the ton of Alaskan highway dirt off the coach. 3 hours later we got most of it off. We power washed it , brushed it and finally Maria wiped it down with detailer spray. We are both not used to manual labor.

Cause we worked so hard we decided a late lunch was deserved.  On a recommendation we went to Browns Social.  We had a appetizer called Poutine. French fries, covered in gravy and cheese curds. Yes I could feel my arteries clogging. But it was soooo good. I immediately went back to the coach and had a glass of wine to counter act all the bad stuff. 

Off to Prince George in the morning.

Mile "0"

We arrived in Dawson Creek BC  yesterday for a 3 day stay. The drive was ok except for all the big trucks. This is oil country and there were lots of northbound trucks. At least 20 wide loads passed us going north.

After that drive Maria found a restaurant with high ratings.  A steakhouse so I had stuffed chicken.  It was excellent.  Maria had steak and shrimp.  It was delicious.  The only downside was it was pricey but restaurants here in Canada are pricey.

The waitress recommend a place for breakfast so we went this morning. It was also good.

We stopped at the start of Alaska Highway sign to get our picture like every other tourist just in reverse. Most do it on the way up.

We than drove to a curved wooden bridge which is a historic site north of the city. Than it happened.   A southbound truck kicked up a rock that hit our Hondas wind shield.  It sounded like a shot. Scared the crap out of both of us. 

This will not be fixed with a crack fill. We continued on to the curved wooden bridge which is on the Old Alaska Highway. 

It was very cool how they made this wooden bridge curved.  

Maria didn't like walking on it thought.

Maria took me back to the coach so she could look for the scrapbooking store. Yes they have or had one of those here. She had no luck it must have closed. I guess oilfield workers don't crapbook....

She did get the cracked windshield fixed temporarily.  The guy filled it but it will still have to be replaced.

I BBQ'd chicken tonight and Maria made salads and cookies.

Life is good.

Fort Nelson BC

We drove about 300 miles today from Watson Lake YK to Fort Nelson BC. Long drive and as usual the first part (my part)  was smooth sailing.  And no kidding Maria takes over and road construction a mile down the road. It rained off and on and the coach is a muddy mess.

But we saw sheep, a bear cub, bisen and foxes. We saw more animals on this drive than our entire time in Alaska.  Great day.

We stopped in Fort Nelson BC and decided to boondock on the street next to the Greyhound station. If the cops tell us to leave my story will be I've been drinking wine and can't drive. I will tell the officer my wife causes me to drink.  I'm sure he'll understand.......

Going to Dawson Creek in the morning which is about 280 miles. Plan on spending 2 or 3 days there. Life is good we have sat tv! here on the street. ....