Wonowon, BC – Friday, September 23, 2011
Today was just one of those days. Started out slow, EJ fixed breakfast, Frank cleaned front end, we worked on blogs and went to the Ft. Nelson Visitors Center to post.
The plan was to use the sani-dump across the street, fuel up and head down the road. When we got to the dump area, it was in sad shape. We used it on our way to Alaska a little over 3 months ago and it was nice. This time we were able to dump the tanks, but no flush and the potable water hookup was broken. We went back to the Visitors Center to see if there was anyplace else – no help. So, we went on to the gas station and would ask there. What a zoo, there were people, cars, and trucks every which way. Finally got to a pump and did our biggest fill up of the trip. They didn’t have a dump station, but they had a hose out back we could use to fill up the water tank. At least that was a help. Problem was we couldn’t get to the area to use the hookup because of all of the traffic and bad parking. We left and turned around then waited to get to the area next to the building. OK, finally another simple thing that took way longer than it should have. We had one last stop at the IGA for fresh veggies/fruit. Once again, it was really busy, but EJ got what we needed. Finally we are on the road at 4pm.
Not 5 minutes down the road was a construction area, so we had to stop and wait for the pilot vehicle. There were actually two places we had to wait to use the one lane available. Once we got through that it was a fairly nice road and countryside. Frank was actually able to go 60 mph. Frank decided to take a picture of EJ & Mocha riding down the road. EJ caught him and let him know he should be driving, not taking pictures.
Started getting dark, both tired so we found a rest area and pulled in for the night. When EJ went back to take the Element out of tow mode, the engine light came on, it sounded terrible and the scan gauge had recorded three error codes. OK, I guess we’ll see what tomorrow brings.
| BG Miles Today | 170 | BG Total Miles | 8712 |
| Eat Out total $ | 1258.08 | BG Total Fuel $ | 4994.22 |
| Entertainment total $ | 1387.63 | Total Camping $ | 1162.03 |
| E Miles Today | 0 | E Total Miles | 2744.26 |
| E Total Fuel $ | 575.82 | Day # of Trip | 115 |
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