The best I could do today for scenic sights--Hay,Hay and more Hay!Monday August 6, 2010. The lady from the office at the RV Park in Valleyview gave Larry a number to call for a tire for the car hauler. He called early this morning and they told him to come up and they would mount the tire right away. When we got there the price was really out of sight and they told us it would be over an hour before they could work us in. We decided to leave and try someplace down the road. We drove to Whitecourt, Alberta and stopped at a Canadian Tire. They did not have the tire we needed in stock but they called their store in Spruce Grove, which was on the west side of Edmonton. They had the right tire so We drove on to the Spruce Grove Canadian Tire. We had to take the car off the hauler so Larry could remove the bad tire. He took it in to Canadian Tire and they mounted the new tire on the rim. We brought it back out and Larry put it back on the dolly. We probably were delayed about an hour total.
When we left Canadian Tire, I was driving and Larry told me to pull into a Shell Station to refuel. I thought it was going to be very close trying to get in and out but I pulled in. I was at such an angle that Larry had to put a pin in the car hauler to stop the surge brake so I could back up some. There was a car parked in front of the station that belonged to the station We had to ask him to move his car to give me room to make a turn to clear the gas island with the car. OH WELL! The problem with pulling a tow vehicle is that you have to make sure you can get out going forward because backing is an issue with the hauler! This is the first time we have gotten in a jam like that.
We got out of Spruce Grove and drove on into Edmonton on the Yellowhead Trail RT 16. The traffic was starting to get heavy as it was about 4:30pm by the time we got back on the highway. We made it through Edmonton, surprisingly well. We stopped on the east side of town to try to get something to eat as we had not had a meal all day. As it ended up the only place we could get into easily was Tim Horton's. There was a time, a few years ago, that we loved Tim Horton's when we would travel through Canada on the motorcycles. Not so much so now as their quality has really gone down and their prices have really gone UP! We had soup and a sandwich and each had a cup of coffee which was as pricey as eating at a decent restaurant! It was food is about all I can say.
We drove quite a distance after leaving the Edmonton area. We looked for RV Parks but didn't find much. When we decided to give it up for the night, we found a very nice Walmart in Lloydminister, Saskatchewan. We are parked here tonight with about eight of our closest friends! There were about four other RV's already here when we pulled in and four came in after us as well as a trucker. We went inside to ask for sure if it was ok to park in the lot since we were run out of Walmart in Anchorage at 11:00pm. They told us as long as we were parked on the end portion of the lot we would be fine. Actually with our generator it is just as good parking here as it would be at a RV Park. We have power and water and the holding tank so not a problem to do this every other night or so. It's nice to have a nice place to stay just to relax a little. It's not like you want to bring out the lawn chairs and the grill in the middle of the Walmart lot!!
Our day did not get much more exciting than this! We saw a thousand bails of hay laying in the fields along the way which is pretty much the best scenery this area has to offer. We DID see a coyote running along the road and a dead deer on the side of the road. When we pulled in to Walmart the clouds started rolling in, the lightening started and the temperature dropped about 25 degrees. We are getting a pretty heavy rain right now. We really have not had rain since leaving Alaska as I mentioned before. A few drops fell last night but it was so brief it didn't even wet the ground.
My blogs are getting very boring, I'm afraid. You cannot write about NOTHING, which is what happens when you drive all day. It is such a boring drive now that we are in the flat country. I'm getting more anxious each day to get back to Illinois. I will probably be a captive of the air conditioner but it will still be good to get home.
When we left Canadian Tire, I was driving and Larry told me to pull into a Shell Station to refuel. I thought it was going to be very close trying to get in and out but I pulled in. I was at such an angle that Larry had to put a pin in the car hauler to stop the surge brake so I could back up some. There was a car parked in front of the station that belonged to the station We had to ask him to move his car to give me room to make a turn to clear the gas island with the car. OH WELL! The problem with pulling a tow vehicle is that you have to make sure you can get out going forward because backing is an issue with the hauler! This is the first time we have gotten in a jam like that.
We got out of Spruce Grove and drove on into Edmonton on the Yellowhead Trail RT 16. The traffic was starting to get heavy as it was about 4:30pm by the time we got back on the highway. We made it through Edmonton, surprisingly well. We stopped on the east side of town to try to get something to eat as we had not had a meal all day. As it ended up the only place we could get into easily was Tim Horton's. There was a time, a few years ago, that we loved Tim Horton's when we would travel through Canada on the motorcycles. Not so much so now as their quality has really gone down and their prices have really gone UP! We had soup and a sandwich and each had a cup of coffee which was as pricey as eating at a decent restaurant! It was food is about all I can say.
We drove quite a distance after leaving the Edmonton area. We looked for RV Parks but didn't find much. When we decided to give it up for the night, we found a very nice Walmart in Lloydminister, Saskatchewan. We are parked here tonight with about eight of our closest friends! There were about four other RV's already here when we pulled in and four came in after us as well as a trucker. We went inside to ask for sure if it was ok to park in the lot since we were run out of Walmart in Anchorage at 11:00pm. They told us as long as we were parked on the end portion of the lot we would be fine. Actually with our generator it is just as good parking here as it would be at a RV Park. We have power and water and the holding tank so not a problem to do this every other night or so. It's nice to have a nice place to stay just to relax a little. It's not like you want to bring out the lawn chairs and the grill in the middle of the Walmart lot!!
Our day did not get much more exciting than this! We saw a thousand bails of hay laying in the fields along the way which is pretty much the best scenery this area has to offer. We DID see a coyote running along the road and a dead deer on the side of the road. When we pulled in to Walmart the clouds started rolling in, the lightening started and the temperature dropped about 25 degrees. We are getting a pretty heavy rain right now. We really have not had rain since leaving Alaska as I mentioned before. A few drops fell last night but it was so brief it didn't even wet the ground.
My blogs are getting very boring, I'm afraid. You cannot write about NOTHING, which is what happens when you drive all day. It is such a boring drive now that we are in the flat country. I'm getting more anxious each day to get back to Illinois. I will probably be a captive of the air conditioner but it will still be good to get home.
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