Friday, August 24, 2012

Gettin’ closer to home

When we arrived in Prince George, B.C. I knew I better do something about the ailing slides.  We have been babying them for a while.  I managed to whine enough to get an RV repair shop to look and found out the hydraulic pump was thinking about retiring.  They put a temporary switch in to regulate the amount of power going to the pump until I can replace it, gladly took my $331.00 and wished us well on our trip.  Following directions to the repair shop, I made a wrong turn (just didn’t know it at the time) and drove about 1/2 mile and came face to face with a locked gate.  No place to turn that rig around so we had to back up, curve and all, all the way back to where we started.

In Chetwynd, B.C. we found some chainsaw carvings that knocked our socks off.  Really.  Take a look.  The town has an annual contest with contestants from all over the world.  They are given a “ginormous” chunk of wood and given 2-3 days to create their carvings.  Amazing stuff!

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Found a farmer’s market in the next town.

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Then we stopped at a place called 3 Valley Gap where they brought old buildings in from different places in the area to make a town.  It was really neat.  Boy, did our feet hurt when we got through!

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Now we are off to Golden, B.C. at the edge of the Canadian Rockies.

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