Jasper, AB

Sorry, for the delay, but it is now Friday, September 30th, and we are in Casselton, ND, which is about 15 miles west of Fargo.

On Monday, the 19^th, we left Terrace, BC with our new spring and tire.  We decided that we wanted to make up some time so we drove over 300 miles to Vanderhoof, BC and spent the night.  We felt like we had driven back into civilization again. 

Lots of land being worked here.

And lots of trucks on the road.

Here was our campground just outside Vanderhoof.

Check out this checker board.

And putt-putt course.

And beautiful flowers.

 

The next day we drove another 300+ miles to Jasper, AB and spent the night there.  Before we got to Jasper, we crossed the border from BC into AB and there were the Canadian Mountain Rockies.  What an impressive sight.

We passed Jasper and continued east to our campground for the night.  Check out the view of the mountains the following morning. 

The same mountains a few minutes later (without the benefit of the sun).

Next, our trip south to Calgary.

Terrace, BC

We left Prince Rupert on Tuesday morning and drove to Terrace. 

Again, the scenery was awesome.

 

We made arrangements to meet a mechanic from Fountain Tire at the Meziadin Campground the next day.
Spent the night in a motel and the next day drove 160 miles to the CG.  We got the trailer ready to go by the time the mechanic came.  He came with a service truck so he had all the tools he needed (generator, jacks, etc). 
Here are a couple of pictures of the broken spring.

He finished up in about 1 1/2 hours and then left.  We got the trailer hooked up to the truck and left around 2 PM.  We took it slow the first several miles and then drove at about 50-55 the remainder of the way.
We got back to Mountain Tire about 5 PM and had the new tire put on the trailer and the spare put back underneath the trailer. 
We had an electrical problem that we/they couldn't solve that night so we left all our our fish in a freezer at the tire shop.  Another night in a hotel.
On Thursday we drove to an RV park and got setup.  I had called a mobile RV repair man and he was going to come over in the afternoon.  In the meantime, we met two couples next to us, and, after telling them our story, they helped us with our electrical problem.  Turns out that it was the electrical cord (50 to 30 amp connector) that was bad.  If we just used the 50 amp cord, we had power!!  Problem solved!!
So, we picked up our fish and it's all back in our freezer.

We decided that, after our latest adventure, it was time for some rest and relaxation.  So we are staying at this campground until tomorrow, Monday, when we will start our journey east toward Prince George, BC. 

Trip to Prince Rupert

The Stewart airport is really only regularly used by helicopters.  There are no scheduled airlines that fly in here.

This is the terminal!!!

The plane arrives.

What you see is the actual tarmac that they turned around on.  The rest of the open area is gravel where the helos land.

I took this picture from the Facebook Stewart Flood Watch page.

This is a picture of us just before we boarded the plane.  Judy is on the right in the front and I am behind her and to the left.

Check out this next picture - tight fit.  I had to bend over half way just to get down the aisle.  But the ride was great.

We left Stewart around 5 PM and flew over the mountains to Prince Rupert.  The scenery along the way was great.

Judy got this shot of Stewart as we were leaving.

Stewart is a mining and logging town.

We landed at Prince Rupert after a 35 minute flight.  This airport actually has 3 airlines servicing this town on a regular basis.

The airport is located on an island so you need to take a ferry across to the town.  Apparently the weather over the island is much better than over the town so the airport was built here.
We had to take a van over to the other side of the island to meet the ferry.

Once we got to the town, we took a taxi to the port where our vehicles came in earlier.  Truck is here!

From there we found a hotel.  Actually, when we got off the ferry, a guy was standing there handing out business cards for the Coastal Inn Hotel.  He said we would get a room for half price.  So we took him up on it.  It was a fantastic room - we got a great view.

We had a good night and got ready for our trip to Terrace the next day.