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We are behind schedule a day because we finally had our first tire blow-out, on this long, lonely, stretch of highway in the Yukan. We thought we were in the middle of nowhere, (when in actuality we were within 10 miles of Destruction Bay) and we had to unload the backseat to get to the jack. We're jacking the trailer up (slowly), when we discover we have no way to take the lug nuts off the trailer tire because the jack that we had fit Lisa's truck only! We really think we have landed ourselves in a pickle when along come three canadians who preceded to change the tire. They even went down to one of their friends and borrowed something to take the lug nuts off, since the tool they had didn't fit our trailer tire either. They then directed us to (get this) a tire shop where we bought a new tire, and a 4 way lug. (We hadn't seen a place to have any repairs done in hundreds of miles!! It is a good thing the tire blew there, because the next 300 miles were pure misery! It took us a whole day to go two hundred miles!
We made it across the border with no problems at all....took 5 minutes. As soon as we crossed the border, hordes of gigantic misquitos carried Lisa off. By the time I reached the area they had dropped her, the huge black flies were feasting on her carcass. (This is actually a little joke for our Porky's Landing friends.)
We have sent a pic of the first American place we saw when we crossed the border. Also included is a couple of shots of lakes and mountains.
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As we were traveling from Ft. Nelson to Watson Lake, we had the chance to see some incredible scenery at Lake Munzo. The water is a crystal green color, and even though it was foggy and rainy, was absolutely beautiful. The three hundred miles to Lake Watson was rugged, and the hundreds of miles of water was a pleasant distraction
We stopped at a little restaurant on the way to Watson Lake, and on the menu they had bear burgers, buffalo burgers, turkey burger, chicken burgers, and regular hamburgers. We opted for the regular hamburgers, but noticed that they had a distinct wild flavor to them! I hope it wasn't a bear burger that we ingested, as the bear is one of my power animals.
A few miles from the restaurant, we ran across some real buffalo along the side of the road. Lisa had to pull into the other lane, as the largest buffalo decided to protect our side of the road!! We took pics, and continued driving, only to come around a bend in the road, and ran right into another herd of buffalo. They even had babies!! Pretty incredible sight! Then we saw a couple of baby bears.
We wanted to thank our friends and family who have posted on our blog. It makes us feel as if you are with us, making it less lonely a trip. At least this way we know that once we left town, we were not forgotten, as you all are not forgotten. We miss you lots
Same goes for our new friends!!
We will be arriving at the Alaskan border tomorrow, as we are in Whitehorse now.
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We made it through the boring state of Montana and pulled up at the Candian border this morning. That was some experience!! The agents took Lisa's pepper spray, and then sent us over to the inspection center. Three very cute inspectors were there to inspect our vehicle and camper for firearms. If you notice in the picture, the doors to two of the bays are open while the inspection was going on. When it came time for our inspection, ALL the doors to the bays were closed with our camper, truck and us inside (and of course, the border inspectors)
They would not give us their names so I will have to describe them to you. The one with the nice behind did most of the grilling. He was sure we were carrying fire-arms because in his experience, two women traveling alone across Canada, ALWAYS carried fire-arms to protect themselves. They interrogated Lisa and I separately, so that they could get us to admit we had a hand-gun. I got the longer grilling, maybe because I looked like I would crack and tell them something. The really cute baby faced inspector didn't say much except agree with the one with the nice behind. There was my favorite inspector, who was really tall and really silent. Everyone knows how I like those tall ones!!
Here we thought they were going to turn us back because of our little scottie. We passed the criminal investigation, the money situation and only had this little fire-arm deal to go though.
After an hour, they finally decided we were telling the truth, and let us go.
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We have no idea how fast we are going because the speed limits are in KM, so we just follow the rest of the traffic. We have only had a couple of people tell us we were doing something wrong!!
The truck is doing well, and the little scottie has been a trouper. Those guards did not want to take everything we owned inside of that scottie, in the back seat of our car, and the back end of the truck and inspect every little thing. So they believed us. Thank the Lord!
The roads are good, and we are making good time.
Carol, know that you are in our prayers .
