Sometimes A journey can be seen as a metaphor for life. The destination is not the only goal. the trip and what happens along the way - and the way one deals with and accepts the things that happen - is all part of ones journey. Like, when we started out at 655am the first thing that came up on my dashboard was this -
Needless to say I freaked out. I had thought I had filled the tires the night before but clearly something was wrong - I DID SOMETHING WRONG AND WE WERE GOING TO PAY A BIG PRICE FOR IT 😱 - like miss our ferry. As I frantically filled up at a stop along the way, the gods provided - a fellow who worked at Sidney Tire came to fill up and gave us advise - these RV's are finicky - we don't have to worry - but get it checked in Vancouver. As soon as we hit the mainland we went to a Kal Tire. Thet filled up the tires correctly and balanced the air in the front and back - and the warning light went away. It was a stressful way to begin the Journey - but we handled it without fighting, crying or wailing - and learned something very important in the process - how the tire pressure system works in our RV. Whew....😰. And, we had no more for the next two days.
We spent the first night in a really lovely campground and 30km outside of Sicamous - The Yard Creek Campground. A REALLY lovely spot - and practically no other RV's were there! We camped 'off grid'. The weather was terribly hot - 30+c during the day - but we were surrounded by beautiful tall fir trees that offered shade and a cooling breeze. We spent a somewhat warm first night sleeping in our van and awoke to a beautiful cool morning.
Our main objective was to get to AB and get arrangements done with my AB Bro's and family for a giant Birthday Celebration and family get together. We passed through Golden and the unbelievable construction they are doing on the new road and have arrived safely in AB.
I guess our "real" cross-country trip starts once we leave AB - so hang on. I hope to give you some real interesting 'stuff' in the next few days.
Brian and Nancy
Great post. Now I know why you were so concerned about the tire pressure in Calgary. It was really nice to see you guys and we look forward to following along on your adventures.
ReplyDeleteOk, finally viewing your second post… nothing like starting from last post to the first post! to But fun all the same!
ReplyDeleteYep a journey is a metaphor for life… and a little problem with tire pressure turned into a lesson learned! hopefully that’s the last of your problems. Continue with the fun… safe travels.
Can’t wait till you hit Toronto or Haliburton. Ildiko and Herb